User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 521: The Strongest Wizard, Review/@comment-31346206-20170211095342/@comment-24489996-20170211141428

Yeah, but here's the thing.

If you were gonna give a villain a backstory, then do it that matches their theme; having it relate to something else entirely is not only confusing, but it leaves more plotholes than answers. In Irene's case, it should've been related to her witch-based appearance and the effects of her magic, which can be somewhat passed off as witchcraft. Hell, even in her description on the Spriggan 12 page, she's described as a witch. What part of her looks like a Dragon? No seriously, is there any visible evidence that Irene was related to Dragons before that "big reveal"?

Anyways, with Irene, make her part of some cultist group or a clan of witches and go from there. Leave the Dragon aspect out of it. That would've been better for many reasons. You can have a backstory with depth that shows off why a character is the way they are, but don't throw random things in there you have no proper explanation for just so you can justify a concept that already had thorough foundation to begin with.