User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail Discussion: The Impending Timeskip/@comment-4326112-20150128073616

You know how much I stopped caring about Fairy Tail (you've read my comments in your Reviews, you know what I'm talking about) but the recent resurgence of fascination and intrigue has led me to believe that I CAN be excited for a new Arc of Fairy Tail again. There is a LOT of potential for legitimately changed characters and for the better. I could go on and on of what I'd like to see, but rather than get my hopes up TOO high (and revisit what I said in my Last Comment on your Last Review) let's go on what you mentioned at the end of this Topic: Layla Heartfilia.

I want this resolved SO badly! I know that among the bad writing (due to a combination of lack of sleep/overworking on multiple projects, editors breathing down his neck, and decline of focus on the main series) Hiro REALLY tried to keep Lucy as a good written character. And, for the most part, he did. Besides Natsu and Gray, she got the most character focus in the last Arc and changed both physically and emotionally from it. Where this goes from here I truly hope ends up with her finding out about Layla's legacy and may have something expanded upon her new status as a bearer of Aquarius' powers AND being the Zodiac user of all the known Zodiac Celestial Spirit Keys.

With her consequently joining Natsu for his year (or so) training, this means that not only will she probably change along with him, she'll keep remaining as a valid character as she always has (though admittedly she has been pushed off center stage in an Arc or two) since the beginning of this series. In reality, she's my favorite female protagonist of this series and is one of the reasons I keep any form of vested interested in this continuation.

I can hope...HOPE that Hiro takes great care in forging a great path that will lead her to being one of the greatest Shounen Heroines of Shounen Series itself (that may be stretching it a bit far, but I can dream, can't I? XD)