I've always had a problem with the fact that Lucy never had a chance to go and learn more about her magic. I know that Fanfiction doesn't count, but the amount of fanfic that has Lucy being able to grow as a wizard is amazing.

Lucy was done so freaking dirty in the Grand Magic Games arc and I’m still not over it!

This wasn't a shade. This is how Lucy stans feel! I love celestial magic in fantasy worlds and her magic is a very unique and powerful one. Lucy didn't deserve the fate of damsel-punching bag-bdsm-fanservice-sexual assault object she got. Like wtf is wrong with you, Mashima? There is a limit to all of it!!!

The worst thing about Fairy Tail, as someone who used to really love it, is that Lucy is our main/i guess like POV? character but Natsu seems to be our protagonist rather than Lucy. I think I'm not alone in being a kid who was really excited to see a girl main character in a shonen manga/anime who just kept getting disappointed by how badly she was treated. Its to the point where if I even see a torture of a main character scene /happen/ I start getting P.O.'d to the point where I will skip those scenes in pretty much every type of media I come across lol

Literally the amount of fanfiction there is centered around Lucy's growth with her magic is an indicator that there are many in the FT fandom that agree with you. I never liked how Lucy was treated in the series and wanted better for her.

Mashima saying he loves Lucy the most is like hearing Kishimoto saying he loves Sakura the most.

Aquarius didn't hate Lucy. There were multiple moments and even flashbacks that showed that she never hated Lucy. She was harsh and brash but not hateful.

Lucy was ALWAYS done dirty in this series. Whether it was getting knocked out by bullshit, getting just beat the hell up, or getting kidnapped and being a damsel in distress, or just existing only for fan service and comedy scenes it always felt like any strong scene they gave her they had to immediately undermine it, she would constantly get sidelined and treated as weak when she is quite strong. She was so headstrong and had a heart of gold, the guild owes so much to her efforts including it’s reforming after being disbanded in the first place. She put so much effort into the things she does and it really felt like she constantly got robbed of the payoff of her efforts because “someone always had to come save her or protect her” she literally prevented the APOCALYPSE by going back in time to warn everyone. She does not get the credit she deserves

I've loved Lucy ever since I started Watching Fairy Tail years ago. She's strong, outspoken, and loves her friends ❤

The scene where Lucy is reading the last letter from her dad is easily in my Top 3 of Fairy Tail scenes that make me cry... Everytime I watch it.

the grand magic game arc is SO FRUSTRATING for me because of Lucy being robbed off😭😭😭 i’ve always wanted to see lucy shines for all the things shes been through BUT NO this is why we cant have nice things

She is the protagonist and had amazing abilities, but was constantly sidelined.

Lucy was so underrated when FT was ongoing. I was in the trenches defending her because everyone called her useless (even though she was never useless). The Tartaros arc fight was honestly so hype. Lucy deserved more moments of cool badassery. I'm calling it misogyny, the way characters like Lucy Heartphilia and Sakura Haruno are treated by author and fans alike. Thanks for this video.

I remember so many people posting about the whole Gajeel torturing Lucy scene and how it was their "favorite moment cuz they hated her so much" and as an AFAB preteen that shit was so startling and kinda traumatizing. Not only was she my favorite, but she was supposed to be the main character

If Lucy is Mashima's favourite, I don't even wanna know how he would behave to a girlfriend. It's sadistic, the level of the things done to Lucy throughout the entirety of the anime/manga just for the sake of it with no payoff in the end.

I love Lucy and I agree with most of your points, I would like to add some of mine: -Actually I would have prefered that Lucy had the 12 zodiac keys, leaving them at 10 feels so imcomplete, with the 12 they could have easily made a "Zodiac Dress" ultimate form -I would have loved the Form change a bit early on the story, why? Because it's similar to Erza's power that could have been an interesting relationship for both of them. Mentor and Student, Erza teaching Lucy of how to Adapt in battle since that's something Lucy is kinda good but needs to be more effective -I am sucker for the Zodiac so it's sad thar they never played with the element aspect of the Zodiac signs:Water, Earth, Fire and Wind

One thing that i found strange is that her Magic is similar to this of Jellal because these two are using stars and constellations. Urano Metria itself can seem something that Jellal can do because they have in Base the same magic. But i can't remember ONE time that Lucy ask Jellal for Help or at least ask him about his magic for a better understanding of her own magic and maybe create Spells based on that and i mean something different when star dress

You forget how she SINGLE HANDEDLY summoned the celestial king, and practically gave the. Upper hand on Tartaros, also giving the thrash of her life to Brandish, and ultimately bringing back Natsu rewriting the E.N.D BOOK WRITTEN WITH ANCIENT DARK MAGIC BY ZEREF and CASTING FAIRY SPHERE to stop Acnoligia, (in another timeline came. Back to warn about a gigant war against dragons that killed everyone) not to mention now in 100YQ she beats a Dragon eater in a fight.

i didn't mind the lucy torture scene in phantom lord bc i saw her egging gajeel on with that chilling grimance/grin as her refusing to giving up control to phantom and her father. however, none of her other defeats and torture scenes have that impact, either from overexposure or just how voyeuristic they are. i like what they're doing w her magic in 100 year quest rn, but i also want to see more of that 5/5 on the intelligence scale in GMG. in a series like ft, a "work smarter, not harder" protagonist is so needed.

Hiro Mashima really fumbled the bag with Lucy huh. Star Dress is my favorite type of Magic in Fairy Tail (I'm a sucker for Form Change gimmicks in media) so seeing it introduced so late in the series is sad. Though I will never forgive Mashima for all the BS he put Lucy through in the Grand Magic Games. It wasn't enough to have her victory against Flare stolen, she just had to be brutally tortured by Minerva as well. The Silver Keys are such a wasted opportunity because aside from the Zodiac and Ophiuchus, there were over 70 constellations to work with and that's not even getting into former Constellations. We could have seen more Celestial Wizards being badass and showing that you don't need Gold Keys to be a powerful Celestial Wizard. Lucy should have had 5 Gold Keys, Yukino 5, and the princess the other 2. Also, is it weird that we never see any male Celestial Wizards? Has it ever been stated that Celestial Magic is for women only?

Finally someone is talking about Lucy in a positive light! 😭❤️

lucy heartfilia has improved a great deal in the manga. she’s able to hold her own against extremely strong enemies, and even dragon slayers. she’s been given constant power ups and that’s just only the beginning of her magic. i expect big things from her when the anime comes back. they better do my girl right this time.

Lucy is an interesting case of a deuteragonist. She isn't the villain, she isn't the main hero, but she is the most important character in line. She acts as the view point into Earthland, being that she is a sheltered rich girl who only ever heard of fairy tail through megazines, the idea that we were learning about the world of magic alongside her, but that she wasn't a complete non-entity herself was pretty interesting. She always pitches in to help, she always has some kind of idea or comes to a conclusion about something that other characters won't. From figuring out that Daybreak was Dear Kaby, to having an actual slugfest with Shery in Galuna, to having the Phantom Lord arc happen because of her family situation. Lucy is important and she shows growth over the course of series. Be it by slowly mastering Uranometria, or gaining the Star Dress spell as a result of Aquarius' sacrifice, and even helping defeat Acnologia at the end by learning how to cast Fairy Sphere. She was always there. Always helping, always involved even if not the main. P.S: Yeah, the Grand Magic Games did her SO DIRTY. I was quite mad about it myself.

Thomas, I would like to thank you for making this video, talking about how Lucy is the best character of Fairy Tail and you’ve managed to articulate my thoughts on how the show (and by extension the writers) treats her. It’s such a crime that Lucy gets hounded so badly and stuck to shoddy fanservice humour, Lucy deserves more than just cheap eye candy. Her greatest feats and strength are her heart and mind, I am *so* sick of the fandom thinking that Lucy is weak when she’s the complete opposite!! From day one of me getting into the anime, Lucy was the first character to ever catch me and become my favourite character. She’s a multilayered character with a great personality and deep backstory, her magic is incredibly unique (earning more points cause her motif is centred around stars and I love star/cosmic themed characters and magics) and it really saddens me as a Lucy fan to always have her victories blindsided or matter so little in the long run. Let Lucy show she’s able to be a badass woman without the needless torture and sexualisation.

Lucy is probably the first female character that I looked up to as a kid watching Fairy Tail. I love her and what she stands up for. I also got very upset when she were done dirty like GMG ;-; and the fact that some people still dicredited her when she has done a lot for the guild & its members (tartaros, rewriting END) pissed me off. I also think that her power could be explore even more, celestial magic is limitless.

I’m so glad someone else sees all the greatness in Lucy that I do. She’s literally one of my top comfort characters because her character and tenacity are really something special. It makes me so upset that her chances to shine were often overshadowed or muddled with death, sacrifice or tragedy. She really experienced some of the worst treatment (imo) on the show and deserved so much better. loved the video

Lucy Stan here: The GMG fight, killed me. Lucy should've won it, she should've absolutely wrecked Flair. So, basically agree with you 100%.

I don't know why but she is litterally my favorite character in all of anime. There's something about her personality, flaws, and magic that draws me to her. Watching her grow to where she is in the manga and to keep growing will always bring a smile to my face.

Lucy in lore: strongest celestial mage I'm existence, carrying a supermajority of the strongest magic available to her class. Lucy in fights: beaten to a pulp with useless magic.

I absolutely love and adore Lucy she is the heart of Fairytail and just so relatable with her family story about finding your own family in her guild

A video on Lucy will always get a watch out of me. I think they really wrote Lucy and her magic into a hole, with her getting 9 of the 12 keys by the oracion seis arc, then trying to remedy the exclusivity of celestial wizard by having most of them killed by neo oracion seis. I wish they would of introduced the Chinese zodiac to add a bit more, or maybe just spaced out how she gets her gold keys.

We love Lucy we Stan a queen

What I hated about her magic is that they never let her use any other spells from her Hyper Magic that she learned from Hibiki when he downloaded them all into her brain she only ever used Urano Metria and Gottfried and I think that spell was on filler

I love Lucy she's determined, kind, and upbeat. No matter what hell she goes through she's always keeping her head up. But I do wish she had more moments to shine rather than at last minute in the final season. She deserved better treatment. And that scene where she's used as fanservice while getting beaten up by Minerva is just disgusting! Why should the audience be turned one while seeing someone getting beaten up? It's not sexy at all! Aside from that she deserved better than what she got.

Lucy has definitely become a favorite of mine over multiple rewatches, because Fairy Tail was my first anime so I have to rewatch so I don't get blinded by bias. Over the course of those rewatches, however, things do become constantly back and forth in certain points in the story of whether I like them or not. That said, Lucy's treatment is one of them, but I do enjoy how Mashima made Lucy possibly one of the most relatable characters ever. While she does get sidelined too much, she still has prevailed as a favorite of mine, and I just wish she was given more time to shine, and less of those damn Golden Keys XD Anyway, enjoying the FT content so far, and I hope to see more of it or any content you have coming up!!

Lucy has consistently grown in power over the course of the series going from collecting new keys, to learning star magic, to channeling spirit outfits, and combining outfits in 100 year quest. She has grown alot and developed her magic to the point that she is a fighter alongside S rank mages like Erza. It comes late but 100 year quest is getting an anime that can just be treated as a continuation of the series. I do agree that many of her spirits aren't as useful as they should be, and I was kinda pissed when another spirit summoner shows up and basically locks her out of 3 of the keys. Imagine if she proved herself and bonded with all 12 spirits to one day channel all them into a power surpassing any of the other main characters.

Lucy was always my favorite character. I loved her personality, her magic, her story. I always wished that she had better treatment. She honestly me want to become a writer. Watching Fairy Tail helped me so much in some of my hardest times and Lucy was a huge factor in that. I'm really glad you're talking about my Celestial Queen 💜.

I agree Lucy needs more character development on her own that doesn’t involved the other characters I do love her by the way her voice actor voices Asuna

I think the thing I hate the most about Lucy‘s treatment is that it doesn’t matter what she does someone always overshadows her or the thing she did, doesn‘t mean anything in the end.

Lucy needs a hug. Like, she seriously needs a hug after all of the B.S. both the show AND Mashima has put her through.

I've always had a soft spot for Lucy ever since I first checked the anime out last year. Since then, she has become one of my favorite characters of the series. Gotta admit, Cherami Leigh's voice for this character was what got me watching it in the first place. I just think it sounds pretty cute.

Next time i hope we see juvia, she's named as a very powerful mage multiple time but all her fight are jokes and she never fight with her all, even her fight with grey is a joke.

Ah Lucy, my constellation-wielding queen, and my easy fave of fairytail for being both the emotional core and also having very human flaws. That feeling of having Lucy play the gag character for so long just made her feel like... Mashima's fave chew-toy, so much that it eclipses all of the wonderful traits that made me love her so much. I read fairytail for Lucy in the end, but every time she was featured, it felt like panel after panel in the manga of wasted potential. Fairytail has a lot of flaws that made me painfully aware of the author's hands in the story and Lucy's characterisation and how she was drawn in every second panel made me lose my suspension of disbelief in the story, so I dropped reading it. Watching this brought back a lot of bittersweet feelings for fairytail, you did an excellent job showing why Lucy is such a beautiful and delightful character to follow in fairytail, and how that pay-off always seemed to feature a punchline than a genuine pay-off.

Lucy heartfilia will forever be my favourite anime girl of all time She's such an amazing character. I 100% agree that she deserves better but what I want to talk about is from some ppl who watched the show blindly. Lucy hate always stems from the fact that she wasn't strong and hardly used to do much. Lucy was a newbie in fairy tail. She never used magic for fighting before joining fairy tail and she just started out. She did not train or grow up like others. Idk why these ppl expected her to be so strong like the others and do so many things even after witnessing how new Lucy was to that lifestyle. Lucy is a character we are meant to see develop and get stronger slowly and that's what she did and funny enough even though Lucy wasn't strong before. She still never gave up and always kept a strong mind even in the face of an enemy. She endured Alot and still found a way to be strong. She is so strong willed and that's the reason why she's my fav. She's also funny and relatable like yes in the beginning she complained Alot but it's because she was new and frankly I found her complaints relatable asf😭 They have misjudged this girl and do not cut her any slack whatsoever and just hate on her stupidly. Lucy is well loved and at the same time hated. There were literally ig account made just to hate on her☠️(whoever made those I hope you rot). Lucy deserves better

I feel that Celestial Spirit Magic has so many flaws for what the franchise tells that was for smallest gain to use just one key. I always find out Silver Keys were retcon out of the show. Since most Celestial Spirit Mages often just has Golden Keys. Which is kinda sad since some Silver Keys since even better than Golden Ones. I feel that Lucy didnt got the last 2 Golden Keys because people often theorized that when Lucy got the 12 golden keys, something major would happen. We didnt see much of CS Mages but i wonder what other CS Mages ever thought of the possibility of never getting a Golden Key. Since 12 Keys have have an owner. What do they train for? What is their goal? I feel that often sexualizing of the female character end up to me abandoning the series complete. It feel that creator wanted to make hentai and was forced to make a Shoen Manga Franchise.

Lucy and Natsu seem like the main character split into two. Lucy is a driving force of the plot, without her story cannot move forward. At this time, Natsu is almost unimportanr for most arcs and he's only added for cool fights. You may not agree with me, but I didn't think Lucy weakness was a bad thing. I always saw her as an example "you don't have to be strong to be an important part of the team." (although I agree losing to Flare was a stupid decision by the writers. Lucy is also my favorite character, probably because she most resembles the original wizard. She is physically weak, but has enormous magical powers. (She can summon a literal tsunami or copy someone's magic.) Sometimes I feel that certain spirits could solve most problems, which is why Mashima didn't want to use them. (Gemini's power is too OP which is why they almost never appears.)

In the spin off series, 100 year quest, they’ve set up Lucy finding Aquarius again as an upcoming arc

Thanks for standing for my girl, Lucy definitely deserves better, you succeeded in put into words what I think about my girl, Fairy Tail was my first anime and Lucy ever since has never lose her place as my favorite anime character, cuz simply how human she is. she is the kind of character I look up and makes me feel stronger and I can try to keep up

Theres a lot of criticisms you gave that were definitely valid, but theres a few I disagree on: - the Phantom Lord arc. While I agree this was one of "Lucy's arcs", I disagree that it was supposed to be about her coming into her power. This arc was supposed to be about her solidifying her bond with Fairy Tail, and the empowerment she gains by being with people who care about her and protect her. By her realizing that shes no longer alone, nor is she surrounded by people who just want something from her, this gives her strength to finally stand up to her father and really find an emotional home. To me, Lucy grew a ton during this arc. No, she wasnt a badass with power levels off the charts, but she did find her courage and inner strength. - her spirits. While I agree that there are a lot of times that they dont do their jobs as well as they could, i believe this also speaks to their relationship with Lucy. She allowed them to be their authentic selfs and treated like people instead of tools. And when it really comes down to it, they always show up for her when she really needs them, even if she doesnt summon them herself. Lucy to me is a character that is meant to exemplify strength in bonds and relationships with others rather than physical strength or power. Even tho she takes a lot of Ls throughout the series, she touches others hearts in meaningful ways throughout the series and is able to reach even the most stubborn characters. I think in reality, that is her true strength as a character.

I love love love that you're talking about Lucy, I remember you liking one of my comments on a Winx club video where you mentioned Fairy Tail for a moment. Been a big lover of Lucy from since the first episode. I'm literally so happy that someone is giving her character love.

Man when you mentioned that part where Lucy mourns the death of her father, I cried just thinking about it. That part of the show has just always bought tears to my eyes.

I have to disagree with Lucy being the ONLY one who suffers great loss in Tartaros. Grey lost Silver and Natsu lost Igneel. All three lost a parental figure in their lives in a lasting sacrifice (making Tartaros the best written arc imo). Lucy is in fact the only one who can undo that sacrifice in that trio but even that is exceptionally difficult.

it feels like everytime its time for Lucy to have a moment to shine its always against someone who is shown to be the weakest of all the enemies, her best moment when she summons the spirit king is against 3 enemies already almost beaten so she just does the finish touches, but its a great scene and moment for her. at least we finally have an idea of a super move for her passed urano metria in 1000 year quest with her stardress combine attack/mode that combines 2 of her celestial spirits abilities together.

This is why I read mostly Lucy centered fanfics. I love writing and I love Lucy, so I've written some of my own stuff on her lol

The first half of the inifity clock arc, I actually didn't clock into the fact that it was a filler arc. It was progressing very smoothly until we got to the part where Lucy became a damsel. Then it just fell apart and I was like 'Oh yeah, this is a filler arc'.

Lucy is my favorite Fairy Tail character! She’s smart, kind, funny, and powerful, she just gets put in absurdly unfair situations which is why she has a harder time than the other characters

Ohhhh, I haven't watched fairy tail since I was a child! Like, I think I haven't seen it since I was eleven? I watched it for the first time in elementary school. But Michelle's story stayed with me for years. Even just remembering it... tears. I loved Michelle so so much! Juvia, Loke, Mavis, Wendy, Ultear, and Michelle were my favorite as a kid! Man, this is such a trip down memory lane. You're totally right, regarding Lucy, but oddly, despite this being a criticism, it made me remember my fond feelings for this show. Maybe I should rewatch it? Ah, but it's so long. Maybe not.

Honestly. Just about every character in fairy tail deserved so much more and better. It works as a general good bare bones starter anime.

The part that broke me for her was after everything but right after the Tartaros arc when she lost her mother figure to save everyone and lost her last connection to her mom for her guild and the people she considered her new family. They all just Fing left her,some without even a word to her. Like they all went on their own journeys as couples or groups and not one person thought about her really. Even after the time Skip to when natsu and happy come back and she has a job as a reporter, it took them seeing her board she has been putting together to find everyone for them to even realize that she was basically abandoned by this new family that she thought she was an important part of. And then they play it off as, welp, we’re back together now let’s get the group back together. No apology, nothing. It was just devastating.

I have always loved her. She was the one we walked with along the journey of fairy tail. But she always gets the short end of the stick

A part of me believes that one of the reasons mashima made 100 year quest was to make up for all the crap he put lucy through in the og series. Girl got Ws in this one.

This is a punch in the gut, because I know all those issues and still cry about them. Lucy is such an interesting character, growing more and more, but somehow still getting the short stick everywhere.

Whewwww I remember watching that episode where she returned to her dad’s letters and gifts, I cried so much, he loved Lucy so much but worked hard and all he ever knew was work, he didn’t know how to love Lucy but being apart, missing her and slowly learning how to show his love and attempts at healing their relationship made my heart so warm

If people are looking for fanfic recommendations here, especially about Lucy being a stronger wizard than in canon, I recommend the Flames of Friendship series on AO3 and FFnet, it's a very long series overall, going on across 6 different stories over 8 years, but it does include plenty of Lucy moments where she grows and showcases what she can really do at times. It does seem a little dated at first, since it started in 2013 but the quality does improve fast!

It honestly feels like Mashima is doing all this because he really wants to put Lucy and a lot of the other girls in a Hentai and this is his outlet.

I agree with you, especially in the movies, Lucy don't get to fight. Yes she's not as strong as the other team members. But Lucy's magic is versatile, I'm pretty sure She can beat someone with that. Defeating someone is not just about strength you know?

Am i the only one who feels like we never really learn that much about celestial magic, considering how often we see it? Also, bad things seem to happen to celestial mages. I always got the feeling that celestial magic was dangerous.

im only on the "who is lucy" part and I'm sobbing over how much I love lucy heartfillia and how much no one in the planet seemed to get why I did -- knowing other people love her too makes me so happy

I really wish the writer leaned more into giving Lucy more sub magic abilities. She's a Celestial mage, have her draw magic and power from the stars, give her rituals that vary depending on certain celestial phenomenon like a Supernova, full moon, eclipses, solstices, comets. If Lucy learned to partial Summon like Bayonetta or Yuna from Dissidia, that could have circumvented, even fixed the drawback of Lucy only being able to summon 2-3 spirits before running out of magic power; Summoning Taurus torso up to swing his axe for an attack, Lucy opening a portal and only Aries's fluff coming out to block an attack, summoning a portal for Scorpio's to shoot sand. After the dark spirit arc, I would have loved to have seen Lucy learn a spell that lets her augment her spirits, letting them tap into the powers or even forms of their dark selves. Then we have summoner and scholar from FFXIV, I'd love to see Lucy in a team tactician role. Perhaps her celestial magic can temporarily banish her opponents to the celestial spirit world, or seal their power. Have her be a type of evoker where she can enchant and further enhance her spirits power through out a fight. Lucy's fighting style should be that of a glass cannon tactician with heat and cool down times. Staying at a range with long range attacks to provide cover fire for the spirits she summons, balancing her own damage with the support she provides her spirits. When she is in close range with her enemies, have her use partial summons until she can get into the back line again.

my family was never there for me emotionally and did the bare minimum. food shelter and education. fairy tail helped me realize what family was, and introduced me to the type of bond, pride, and love that you could feel with anyone.. blood related or not. it taught me how to teach people with kindness. i became more generous and protective of my friends. i’ll never forget the feeling of watching the first couple arcs of fairy tail when the intros would come on. fairy tail is trash. it could’ve been taken more seriously. and i know that because Mashima has made FT arcs that are impeccable. But its MY trash. i love it. its my comfort and the blueprint of that family I wish to find in the future. fairy tail forever 🧚🏽‍♀️❤👆🏽

you dont know how glad I am to see a video like this, I remember discovering and staying for your winx club videos and I would never think of Fairytail being brought up in this channel!! I love Lucy for the same reason you do, although I'm not an author, I do love to write. I remember when I was in middle school, I would copy lucy and I would write my own letters as a way to cope thru tough times. Sadly, Hiro Mashima kinda sucks at making Lucy a character who is truly perfect (idk why she had to go thru that voodoo villain, we never speak of that guy)

If you had to more evenly split the keys between Lucy, Yukino, and Hisui, how would you split them? I don’t entirely agree with a 4-4-4 split. I think Lucy and Yukino should have more as she stands as someone who uses them more, and Hisui, as a princess, probably wouldn’t have the time to train or utilize keys as Lucy and Yukino. I would do it: Lucy: Aquarius, Cancer, Virgo, Leo/Loke, and Capricorn (Layla’s old keys and her mains Virgo and Leo/Loke) Yukino: Pisces, Libra, Aries, Scorpio, and Gemini (She gets her sister’s keys) Hisui: Taurus and Sagittarius (Mostly the outliers of my division.) I feel Aries would do well with any of them. Feel free to critic my split. Honestly, I think it would be cool if the four of them shared keys as well, like how Layla and Grammi both had Aquarius.

I wish we also got more of Lucy learning how to fight (hand to hand combat) because as someone who is often over powered without her keys you would think she would wanna know how to defend herself. Also I hate how most of her zodiac signs either sexualize her, are sexualized, or are just plain rude/annoying I mean I feel like it was funny the first few episodes but I also feel that as the series went on they should have made her signs more serious instead of just comic relief or fan service. Lucy’s character had and has so much potential and their only now just tapping into that and it’s disappointing. Lucy’s magic is one of the most interesting types and so rare too! I hope they do her better in the 100 year quest arc. One more thing, I HATE how they never really show how smart she is. Every time the team needs to figure something out they go to levy but people forget that Lucy spent most of her life locked up in her room reading books I mean she literally loves reading you’d think they’d showcase her smarts more instead of making her a “ditsy blonde” we need less damsel in distress from Lucy I want her to be able to defend herself and have a “I’m still standing” moment and defeat a STRONG villain by herself! Thank for reading ❤

I know nothing about Fairy Tail but hearing your videos in the background while I do things is relaxing for me... Guess im learning about how they did Lucy wrong today lol

I absolutely love Fairy Tail, my favorite anime ever, and I could write paragraphs about each character, but since this is about Lucy, I'll focus on her. When she managed to summon the Spirit King, all of her spirits at once (After learning that should be impossible because Karen tried to summon just two), it gave me goosebumps. Then when she used gemini to cast Uranometria during the Grand Magic games, it gave me chills. She is such a strong, emotional, loving, powerful character who grows so much during the entire show, and I can't wait to see her in 100 year quest. I may have more comments, this is my 10 minute thoughts

I was frothing at the mouth when Star Dress was introduced. I think the final season could have been about her learning the Star Dress mix. Or maybe she learns how summon the Celestial King Star dress, I've seen some great fan art of an armored Lucy. It could have been so cool.

You know what would be better then Lucy having literally 10 zodiac keys is if she had four or three zodiac keys and eventually through the season she get some more zodiac keys

I always felt cringed about the sexualization bs on Fairy Tail but I did enjoy how well crafted the emotional scenes are and how good the drama and the hype was executed every time. Lucy was and is my favorite character for the same reasons as posted above, damn I really enjoyed Fairy Tail so it felt like a break up for me when I dropped it after Flare's fight. It was beyond frustrating. "If Mashima keeps doing this to Lucy, I'll stop him myself by dropping this"

Lucy: makes you heart feel things. Her surname: You're goddamn right!

My issue is that Lucy never really gets to GROW in her power. Mainly because Fairy Tail has an issue with power inconsistency and keeps introducing characters with godlike levels of power. No matter how strong she gets, she can always get outclassed by almost anyone - like this girl loses a LOT on her own. Also I hate how they never delve deeper into her learning how to cast spells on her own. Like take this girls keys from her and she’s toast. The Star Dresses were an improvement but I would’ve liked if she learned how to use her own magic.

You have absolutely no idea how long I’ve been waiting for a video like this . I watched fairy tail when I was younger and it holds a very special place in my heart. My favorite character is Lucy too and I’ve had many many rants about how dirty she is done by the show and how much better of a character she would have been if she wasn’t. This might be weird but you making all the points that you did helped heal something within younger me?? I remember crying for her on many accounts just because of sheer frustration for her (especially in the GMG). So from one Lucy stan to another thank you so very much for this video ❤.

I feel like it’s no logical reason Aquarius hates her so bad when she served her mom. Like her mom wouldn’t be happy how she treats her daughter. Just for her to cry in the end smh

Lucy has always been my favorite character! I feel like you gave Lucy so much justice in this and I appreciate you so much! She never gets enough credit!

Everything you said here was so accurate but I do disagree about her spirits being useless some of them are just a lot weaker than the other ones but that’s neither here nor there but I do love Lucy she’s my fav character in the show and it hurts my heart seeing her done so dirty time and time again my girl deserves better also I kinda like her having 10 of the 12 keys idk why I just do even if not all of them get used very often though I respect your opinion I also do feel like it gives Lucy a diverse power set especially in contrast to her star dresses and even in the 100 years quest when she starts mixing them up to use multiple powers at once

As a Lucy lover, I can’t thank you enough for this video!

I'm so glad Lucy gets more stuff to do and more fights in fairy tail 100 year quest

I really love fairy tail and I appreciate how Mashima doesn’t kill anyone it’s very “old school” in the current anime landscape it’s very heart warming

I'm so happy so many people love lucy as much as i do also i subbed for the winx and rwby content but ft was a pleasant suprise

That's literally the whole thing about her character. Lucy started magic at 17 she's new to it and even with that, she had her moments in every arcs. She gained 10 zodiacs keys, 4 silver keys and knows how to cast 2 lost spells : Gottfried and Urano Metria. She defeated Sherry,Angel, Byros, Jackal and even if she was done dirty in the Grand Magic Games she had an amazing fight against Flare and Juvia (the only problem was Minerva but it was obvious that she couldn't win) she was a great support character in the last arc where she casted the Fairy Sphere against Acnologia's body while Natsu was dealing with Acno's brain. She even saved him with her rewriting END's book. She challenged Brandish just to save Natsu knowing that's she's far from her level and found a way to save everyone multiple times : She closed the Eclipse gate with Yukino, she sacrificed Aquarius and summoned the spirit king to free the whole guild from Alegria. She used her Gemini stardress to bring back the whole guild who disappeared after Jacob casted his spell. And don't forget, fairy tail isn't finished yet there's the sequel Fairy Tail : 100 years quest where Lucy explores the potential of her magic better than she did in the series her 3 fghts against Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna , Mimi and Kiria are simply awesome and even Laxus said that she became incredible. We didn't see Lucy being a damsel since Phontom Lord arc. She infact lost battles because she was weaker than the ennemy but never was a cliché female character waiting to be saved. That's what makes her the most realistic character. She is a newbie to the magic world it's pretty logical for her to not be op since the start. Her character developpement started at the beggining of the Oracion Seis arc and it still is in process.

Love the effort you took in demanding justice for Lucy. Celestial magic should be so much better.

"too little, too late" is the best way to describe lucy. unfortunately, i feel like most people remember lucy as the character she was portrayed as for hundreds of episodes and not the badass she became in the very last arc. she's not the protagonist so maybe she didn't have to be at the center of everything, but it's so unfair how she was treated vs. the other main side characters. if she was allowed erza's emotional development, gray's moments of having meaningful fights, and wendy's development in terms of strength and fighting skills, she really had the potential to be the best character in the show

on the tartaros arc and lucy escaping the spell that trapped all her friends. in the manga, one of her silver keys is holorogium. a grandfather clock, basically, and can activate himself regardless of lucy summoning him or not if lucy's life is in danger by briefly transporting lucy into the clock and... temporarily into the spirit world? but only once a day and usually... at the cost of her clothing. this was how lucy escaped the tartaros spell, and holorogium warned her to be careful because he won't be able to save her the second time. though my pet peeve is how her family isn't as well explored as it should. in the manga (dunno abt show), jude tells lucy that he met layla in a wizard's guild called... lucky, or something? but the K fell off, and that's the reason they decided to name lucy, lucy. which is great! it's cute! but it's not nearly as fleshed out as it needs to be! hiro mashima what the heck do you mean they met in a small wizard's guild?? jude is a wizard??? no, this was never explained.

Question: since Lucy and jellals magic both revolve around the stars, and she already knows urano metria which never got used In The final series for some reason, and that ability seemed to be an ultimate/one shot for anyone it hit, shouldn’t she be able to learn grand chariot?

FUCKING FINALLY, IVE BEEN SCREAMING THIS FOR SO LONG. SHE'S MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, AND MY BISEXUAL AWAKENING!!!

Lucy and her dad’s messy relationship and his death hits harder after my own dad, who had left my family, died. He even did the same thing Lucy’s dad did, tried to connect with us close to his death, but at that point I was too angry with him to want to talk. And even now, sometimes I don’t care, sometimes I resent him, and sometimes I’m sad.

Every time she gets something good, she also has to get something bad. It's never just a clear win for here, yet nearly every other character gets a solid moment.

Not you re-awakening my desire to do a Fairy Tail rewrite with these past two videos 😭 Good stuff!

I love Lucy she’s also my favorite character

I love fairy tail but Lucy never gets proper screen time regarding fight scenes and when she does it ends up horribly. The only fight scene I loved was when we lost Aquarius. She always saves everyone, and I mean everyone. She gets a huge upgrade with both being able to summon more than one spirit, being able to use those spirits powers through spirit outfits and having the heart and willpower to summon the spirit king, and I mean the spirit king that no one and I mean not any spirit wizard was able to do, not anyone. Lucy is, and I swear she is, extremely powerful in everything! I mean she's survived everything and is always literally saving others but she still gets beaten. Shes the reason everyone wins and gives everyone hope. She's the only one who wanted the guild back together and spent the whole (can't remember how long) time only trying to connect or get a hold of everyone compared to people who've been in the guild the longest. She's also extremely smart. Regarding all the spirits, their all amazing it's just Lucy mostly uses Leo, Virgo and Aquarius in fact everyone loves them, so everyone else doesn't get proper screen time and their also in a way, stupid. She also saves Natsu by rewriting the book of END. END! THE BOOK THAT CORRUPTS ANY ONE WHO USES THE BOOK! Even though Gray did help but she did something even he or anyone was incapable of doing. She also became one of the three to use the most powerful fairy tail powers. Also, everyone loves her even if some may tease her (Happy mostly). I hope she gets the screen time she deserves in the 100 year quest series. Sorry for the long comment but this really does grind on my nerves. Me and my siblings always found it annoying.

One thing that really bothers me about her magic is that she only relly on the keys for everything, she should be able to perform some basic spells on her own, like urano metria, but the only spell she has is urano metria, also getting the zodiac keys should be more difficult in the anime, like getting each key would be like an achievement, and one last thing is the star dress, she suddenly got it like wtf?? Did she buy it? Something that important that can imitate Spirits powers?