User blog comment:Real Godisme/Chapter 479/@comment-25111584-20160328140249/@comment-25111584-20160328161056

@Nick: I'm not saying it could have backfired. I'm saying it should have backfired. Happy getting in the way is the only reason it didn't. And that's far worse BS than afro-Happy, imo.

It was made painfully obvious that Natsu was having trouble with Jacob only 'cuz he couldn't go all out. Lucy should have just equipped her fastest Star Dress, picked up Mavis and made a run for it. Natsu could easily have handled the rest. Used his aura to immobilize Jacob (as we saw him do), take Jacob far away from the Guild, then pummel him into a wretched pile of flesh.

Lucy's plan worked only 'cuz plot demanded it. That's bad writing. However, despite this, I mentioned that Lucy's antics were the good part of the Chapter, 'cuz, right now, I'm just thankful for even a semblance of actual tactics in FT. .-.