I will say here is that there is often a misunderstanding of Lucy’s role in FT. She’s not a monster like Erza and Natsu are, but more of an Everyday Hero, an ordinary person who finds herself in extraordinary circumstances, and has to figure out a way to deal with them. Sometimes she succeeds, sometimes not. Sometimes her success is only partial.
Mashima often uses her to give us a normal person’s perspective on what’s going on in FT.
From this chapter, we know that Lucy was depressed after the triple whammy of losing Aquarius, Natsu & Happy, and the guild. She struggled to move on. That’s totally normal, and even needed. Mashima’s using Lucy to show what a huge deal FT’s dissolution was. Someone ought to feel badly about what happened to FT, and Lucy’s the one who got that role.
Being a member of FT doesn’t mean that one has to be a hero all the time. Mirajane spent two years or more modeling bikinis and working as a bar tender and admin assistant. We have characters like “Still Looking for the Perfect Job” Nab and “Got Depressed Because of Levy and Overate” Droy. What about those middle-aged mid-list mages, Wakaba and Macao? Are they somehow *less* FT mages than Natsu and Erza? It doesn’t seem very nice to just dismiss someone because they aren’t strong or powerful or doing the things you think they ought to be.
And what about being a model or journalist is OOC for Lucy? We’ve known that she’s had ambitions in that direction since very early in FT. Now that the guild is gone, why shouldn’t she pursue her other goals? Like I’ve suspected for a long time, modeling isn’t for Lucy, but her trying it out showed *her* that. But she still has a passion for writing. Many people use upheavals like losing your job (which is what happened to Lucy) to branch out.
Lucy’s actions in the aftermath of FT’s dissolution were very relatable. That’s a large part of her role in FT. When duty calls, though, and it’s time to be a hero again, she’ll rise to the challenge.
Just like how every one of us is different in real life, the same goes for the Fairy Tail characters as well. It’s unrealistic to expect every character to be solely focusing on training to get stronger after the guild disbanded. Wouldn’t the story be terribly boring otherwise since the characters are all the same?
Being a member of Fairy Tail means that you treasure your guild and your nakama. You protect them; you fight for them; you care for them. Training to become stronger is just one way of becoming better able to protect them.Lucy’s watching over her friends in her own way, and just because she didn’t go down the training path does not make her any less of a Fairy Tail member as compared to the others who did. The effort she put into tracking down her friends is certainly not less than the effort Natsu put into his training.
Lucy still rises to the occasion when needed. Just look at how she handled the situation when Natsu appeared - she realized how powerful he was, asked Jason to evacuate everyone, and got ready to fight. She didn’t run away. She’s still a top-class Fairy Tail mage.
Mashima often uses her to give us a normal person’s perspective on what’s going on in FT.
From this chapter, we know that Lucy was depressed after the triple whammy of losing Aquarius, Natsu & Happy, and the guild. She struggled to move on. That’s totally normal, and even needed. Mashima’s using Lucy to show what a huge deal FT’s dissolution was. Someone ought to feel badly about what happened to FT, and Lucy’s the one who got that role.
Being a member of FT doesn’t mean that one has to be a hero all the time. Mirajane spent two years or more modeling bikinis and working as a bar tender and admin assistant. We have characters like “Still Looking for the Perfect Job” Nab and “Got Depressed Because of Levy and Overate” Droy. What about those middle-aged mid-list mages, Wakaba and Macao? Are they somehow *less* FT mages than Natsu and Erza? It doesn’t seem very nice to just dismiss someone because they aren’t strong or powerful or doing the things you think they ought to be.
And what about being a model or journalist is OOC for Lucy? We’ve known that she’s had ambitions in that direction since very early in FT. Now that the guild is gone, why shouldn’t she pursue her other goals? Like I’ve suspected for a long time, modeling isn’t for Lucy, but her trying it out showed *her* that. But she still has a passion for writing. Many people use upheavals like losing your job (which is what happened to Lucy) to branch out.
Lucy’s actions in the aftermath of FT’s dissolution were very relatable. That’s a large part of her role in FT. When duty calls, though, and it’s time to be a hero again, she’ll rise to the challenge.
Just like how every one of us is different in real life, the same goes for the Fairy Tail characters as well. It’s unrealistic to expect every character to be solely focusing on training to get stronger after the guild disbanded. Wouldn’t the story be terribly boring otherwise since the characters are all the same?
Being a member of Fairy Tail means that you treasure your guild and your nakama. You protect them; you fight for them; you care for them. Training to become stronger is just one way of becoming better able to protect them.Lucy’s watching over her friends in her own way, and just because she didn’t go down the training path does not make her any less of a Fairy Tail member as compared to the others who did. The effort she put into tracking down her friends is certainly not less than the effort Natsu put into his training.
Lucy still rises to the occasion when needed. Just look at how she handled the situation when Natsu appeared - she realized how powerful he was, asked Jason to evacuate everyone, and got ready to fight. She didn’t run away. She’s still a top-class Fairy Tail mage.