So the premise of Magma Dragon King is neat. Because Igneel was born a Magma-elemental Dragon, his foster son Natsu becomes a Magma Dragon Slayer instead of using Fire like in canon. And unlike other Alt Power fanfics Natsu is also able to give Dragon Slayer magic to other people, something uncommon from my fanfic history. As a result several other Fairy Tail wizards becomes Dragon Slayers in addition to whatever magic they already have. I have no problem with multiple people getting stronger but the caveat is that his is a harem fanfic, and only the women Natsu sleeps with get Slayer magic. Not Gray, or any other guys apparently.
This being a harem fanfic, albeit a Plot With Porn one, is already a hard sell for most people even if you see the harem as a polycule instead. Some people are just against multiple lovers in a consenting relationship for personal reasons and that cannot be helped. If this alone stopped you from giving it a try I don't blame you one bit.
As for the fanfic's story, it's a Stations of the Canon fest with the only major changes being how fast the antagonists are defeated, three guesses why. There's also some much needed additional worldbuilding with underexplored canon elements like the Guild Ranking System and Celestial Spirits, and there is genuine character bonding all around, but the bulk of the content is speedrunning canon while Natsu builds his harem not gonna lie.
So why do I say it gets bland and toothless later? The Adaptational Heroism of Ultear and The Adaptational Villainy of Jellal. In canon, Ultear brainwashed Jellal for most of his life and made him do all his crimes regarding the Tower of Heaven, among her own crimes from canon. When freed of her control, Jellal is a heroic but sorrowful man, atoning for crimes did didn't commit on his own. Magma Dragon King decided to whitewash Ultear by making Jellal alone responsible for the Tower of Heaven arc, then used this to justify killing him off while setting Ultear to join Natsu's harem later on.
And this stands out to me because the author already demonstrated more reserve when he had Juvia fall for Natsu instead of Gray, like she did in canon. Gray isn't turned into some wife-beater, he's allowed to keep his dignity and canon personality even if Juvia isn't interested in him. Gadjeel as well, is also written to be a better person eariler than he was to his love interest Levy. In canon, Jellal and Erza are each other's love interest, but since Erza's in the harem Jellal has to die, I guess. Kairomaru can make all these neat lore changes but not spare an ounce of creativity to handle Jellal in a more mature fashion.
Natsu can't make male Slayers because dudes, any character the author doesn't like is killed while whitewashing characters he does like Ultear and Gadjeel. Canon speedrunning gets old fast when nothing else is going on. Harem or not, don't waste your time.
Fanfic Looks decent at first, but turned bland and toothless later.
So the premise of Magma Dragon King is neat. Because Igneel was born a Magma-elemental Dragon, his foster son Natsu becomes a Magma Dragon Slayer instead of using Fire like in canon. And unlike other Alt Power fanfics Natsu is also able to give Dragon Slayer magic to other people, something uncommon from my fanfic history. As a result several other Fairy Tail wizards becomes Dragon Slayers in addition to whatever magic they already have. I have no problem with multiple people getting stronger but the caveat is that his is a harem fanfic, and only the women Natsu sleeps with get Slayer magic. Not Gray, or any other guys apparently.
This being a harem fanfic, albeit a Plot With Porn one, is already a hard sell for most people even if you see the harem as a polycule instead. Some people are just against multiple lovers in a consenting relationship for personal reasons and that cannot be helped. If this alone stopped you from giving it a try I don't blame you one bit.
As for the fanfic's story, it's a Stations of the Canon fest with the only major changes being how fast the antagonists are defeated, three guesses why. There's also some much needed additional worldbuilding with underexplored canon elements like the Guild Ranking System and Celestial Spirits, and there is genuine character bonding all around, but the bulk of the content is speedrunning canon while Natsu builds his harem not gonna lie.
So why do I say it gets bland and toothless later? The Adaptational Heroism of Ultear and The Adaptational Villainy of Jellal. In canon, Ultear brainwashed Jellal for most of his life and made him do all his crimes regarding the Tower of Heaven, among her own crimes from canon. When freed of her control, Jellal is a heroic but sorrowful man, atoning for crimes did didn't commit on his own. Magma Dragon King decided to whitewash Ultear by making Jellal alone responsible for the Tower of Heaven arc, then used this to justify killing him off while setting Ultear to join Natsu's harem later on.
And this stands out to me because the author already demonstrated more reserve when he had Juvia fall for Natsu instead of Gray, like she did in canon. Gray isn't turned into some wife-beater, he's allowed to keep his dignity and canon personality even if Juvia isn't interested in him. Gadjeel as well, is also written to be a better person eariler than he was to his love interest Levy. In canon, Jellal and Erza are each other's love interest, but since Erza's in the harem Jellal has to die, I guess. Kairomaru can make all these neat lore changes but not spare an ounce of creativity to handle Jellal in a more mature fashion.
Natsu can't make male Slayers because dudes, any character the author doesn't like is killed while whitewashing characters he does like Ultear and Gadjeel. Canon speedrunning gets old fast when nothing else is going on. Harem or not, don't waste your time.