User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 415 - In Which Hiro Finally Gains The Emotional Range Of A Tablespoon (And It Shall Become Your Will To Live)/@comment-4326112-20150113070744

What was Gildarts' original Mission? Where did Gildarts go so as to NOT nuke the enemies in the Final Arc? Where's Jellal and the currently conscripted Oracion Seis? Yeah, I don't expect any of these questions answered, just thought to point them out XD

I'll start with the Bullshittery cause you know, as I AM a writer, I cannot let this slide.

1 - The Dragons, you know those beloved dragonic parents to many orphans who have earned our hate or love in some way or another? Yeah, the reason they all left without a word wasn't JUST to delay their "Dragonification" (smells like a Author is trying to rip off Kubo's Hollowfication, but since its so far in between to what they actually do, I'll let it slide), was also to prolong their lives. Yeah, I'm calling all Dragons that existed for this sole purpose to be HORRIBBLE Parents. You don't just DO that to your kid. I wouldn't. I wouldn't let my kid wonder where I was for TEN YEARS and then say, "Hey, I wanted to live, so fuck you and your feelings."

2 - Sting and Rogue, Dragon Slayers I actually LIKED because they were interesting and dynamic as far as newer characters went were just SCAMMED in this Chapter. I had defended them and argued on their behest when it came the argument that their power was "phony" or "half-baked" (depends on the Sub you watched it on) because I thought Natsu was getting the fucking Poster Boy treatment as Goku had in DBZ and was just Bullshitting his way through a tough battle not through union, friendship or the will to succeed as he had in the past. But no, Hiro ROBBED them of that by giving memory altering powers WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PREESTABLISHED TO BEEN POSSIBLE FOR DRAGONS TO DO (nice work, Hiro. Shymalan would be proud of you) to make them THINK they were strong from the experience. I fucking loathe those two Dragons, I swear, for making their dreams of surpassing their childhood icons a false hope

3 - Saying they're all dead just makes it all the more PAINFUL how bad of writing this Arc has ended on. For all the grandiose build-up, all the hardship, and the "scary" tension we had in this Arc (and all the various Bullshit methods of getting out of those situations priorly mentioned) it was all for naught. They had these Dragons who could just pop out like Chest Bursters and just NUKE THE SHIT out of everything at a ridiculous pace and just SOLVE your problems like that. Not only does this mark for a bad writer getting out of a corner they've written themselves into, it's also improper respect for POWERFUL DRAGONS who are DEAD. Unlike the fanboyism that's powered Natsu, we didn't need the same treatment applied for Igneel (with him "defeating" Acnologia the first time around until he just gets up like nothing happened) we already knew he was a Badass in name alone. If we could have showed a combined effort by the 7 Dragons against Acnologia, not only could we have seen a nice portrayal of Dragon Magic vs Dragon Magic, we could have seen just how far ABOVE Acnologia is compared to the rest. But nooooooo, that'd be a SMART thing for you to do, and you don't waste intelligence for your main series anymore, do ya, buddy? -sighs and bashes my head against the nearest solid object-

4 - Before I get into the actual GOOD part of this Chapter, I have to complain about the one good part mentioned by Aha. Sure, it was well paced, drawn well, and gave Natsu the first real taste of loss he's had since this series started (seriously, I can't remember Natsu losing anybody or anything that could have motivated him to GROW as a person, unlike SO MANY OTHER main Shounen protagonists). But here's the problem. That only would have been a good thing had I still cared for this guy. Natsu stopped being an interesting character when Hiro lost interest in developing or growing him beyond his Pre-Timeskip incarnation. Sure, the emotional scene was written well, but that doesn't make him a good writer for this Arc. It was a single moment and I'm sure he'll fuck it up in the next Chapter. Just Saiyan what's on my mind

5 - One last thing, almost forgot it. I could have been FINE with Lumen Histoire used as a means to end FACE. Hell, this shows that Hirou COULD have been smart and done it, but decided to opt out for the emotional lyre of Dragons reuniting after implausible destruction of all FACES. I'm just really pissed that we missed an opportunity to see a new kind of awesome magic and instead saw more fanboyish portrayal into Dragons instead of the Magic in this world. Way to go Hiro for me wanting less Dragons when I am an adamant fan of DRAGONS INCARNATE -beats my head with suicide brick-

Now onto the good things

1 - The Dragon Slayers finally are reunited with their parents. I know as much as I ragged on the Dragons for leaving them and their bullshit excuses, but honestly, I was just happy to see them together. Especially Wendy. She needed to see her mommy's face again, even if it was only a for a moment. Yeah, I really felt for Wendy when she was crying at Grandeenie leaving. Of the two characters in the entirety of Fairy Tail, Wendy and Lucy are my favorites, as they are the only characters Hiro's bothered to put any form of development and character progression into them. That's all, really

2 - Despite my grudge against Hiro's lack of will to write GOOD in this Final Arc, I have to say that his personal experience of losing a parent (lost family members, figuratively and literally, so I know the feeling unfortunately) can definitely be FELT here. As much as I didn't want to feel for Natsu, seen as he wasn't given really a good moment for a long time, I had to give him this moment. I hope that this isn't the Final Arc now. I want to see Natsu grow into a better character after this, and persevere from this emotional loss he's suffered. Considering death is RARE in Fairy Tail, I guess I have to give Hiro credit that he killed off such a legendary character that has been on the lips of every Fairy Tail Fan, both eccentric and casual, who've watched/read it at all.

I won't hold my breath, but this Chapter gave me a true kind of hope for what's in store in the future. Maybe not the next ten Chapters or the chapter that comes after this, but perhaps later on. I really hope this marks the beginning of a new era in Fairy Tail after they settle things with Acnologia