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Incoming rant up ahead, because I’ve been thinking about Lucy and her treatment in the manga/anime and have been keeping in for a long time. Honestly, I’m getting sick and tired of it.

Throughout the last few arcs Lucy has been treated as a punching bag or a fan service character. She had so much potential at the beginning; having a rare magic and all that, and so much room for character development. And then whenever she had a moment to shine, it was basically taken away from her by one of the other characters.

It’s one of the reasons I absolutely abhor the GMG arc–Lucy was basically a punching bag (her fight with Flare and the obvious cheating, and with Minerva which was totally one-sided), and honestly it takes away from what she could do. Lucy is strong, not as strong as those around her, but she had chances to find her weaknesses and get stronger, but it was taken away from her for others (eg. Natsu, Erza) to take the spotlight.

(Also, did Lucy ever release her second origin?)

Again and again and again she has been defeated and/or saved by someone, leaving no room for her to develop or get stronger. This alone pisses me off, and I’m probably repeated myself by saying it.

Lucy might not be as physically strong as the others, but she is smart, and she could’ve used that to defeat her opponents–but that didn’t happen. Other anime and manga have produced a battle of brains and have done it well, so why can’t Lucy use hers to her advantage? Levy is one of the smartest characters in the manga and uses it to help her in battle and various problems (eg. Battle of Fairy Tail arc), so Mashima does have the ability to create a intelligence-based battle. So why doesn’t he do so with Lucy? (Answer: I have no bloody idea.)

And this really pisses me off, because (as I keep saying) Lucy has so much potential and it’s thrown away like it doesn’t matter. She’s not physically powerful as the others, she is smart, she can be considered magically powerful (because opening two gates at once is a big deal for a celestial mage), and… nothing. The spotlight is taken by characters like Natsu and Erza.

Honestly, I was so excited when the Lucy vs Jackal thing happened, because I thought “yes, finally a time for her to shine”, and yes, admittedly, she did. But then she collapsed and was then going to be attacked by whats-his-face, when Gajeel and the others saved her. But I can let that slide due to magical exhaustion and all that (because she did summon the Celestial Spirit King of all people) and was also mentally down because she lost Aquarius who (while a bit of a bitch) was someone extremely close to not only her but her mother as well.

Another thing, during the one year time skip, why didn’t Lucy find the other silver keys along with the star dresses on her time off? Honestly, to me that was a wasted opportunity because we could’ve found out the abilities of the others keys like Perseus, Draco, Vulpecula, Phoenix, Hydra (because, people, there are 88 constellations in total, including the zodiac, I checked). And it would’ve been really cool to see Lucy interact with other spirits.

Wasted opportunity, Mashima.

I probably had other points, but I most likely forgot them when I was writing. And if others have opinions on this, I would like to know, because I’m really interested in knowing others opinions on the subject.

Now, I’m off.

The Yuri On Ice OP is fucking top tier just like the show.

FT TIME..

OH BOY…GET HYPE…

I will find you.