User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 517: Wendy Belserion, Review/@comment-5303512-20170115110137/@comment-24489996-20170121074520

To be honest Nick, in a way, aside from the Irene taking over Wendy's body incident (which wholely admit, took me by surprise somewhat, thus being one of the few instances Hiro has surprised his audience to an extent), can double as something rather predictable considering how hax of a character she became and Mashima writing himself into a corner. Irene should've finished off Wendy and Erza by now, but again favoritism plays a part and Irene was degraded, becoming arrogant, high-strung, and haughty as a result, especially when it came to Wendy's revelation. Basically, Irene messed up on multiple occasions during the fight, which again, rather predictable if you look back on the previous Spriggan fights, thus the reason she's backed into the corner she's in now. Yes, for me (and I think for some users here), that's predictable in itself, even if its only been two chapters or so. The back story didn't help either because it created unnecessary links and details that were better off not revealed, all of which was for the sake of emphasis on D.S. Magic.