User blog comment:ZerefMidnight/Gray Theory/@comment-5006572-20150407164050/@comment-26288942-20150407210336

Before I was so RUDELY Banned I never got to answer Derax

Also to answer you wrath I don't believe in Authority so yeah I guess I am thumbing it or whatever term you used

"'fixing the numbers' That's effectively what statistics are, fixing numbers. As for the comment regarding people agreeing with you, yes people are, but they're either rare contributors or anons, not people that contribute either to the wiki for what it is, in discussions, in chat, in blogs etc etc on a common basis."

Even so people still agreed with me, and if it's just those it just goes to show you how those poor people are afraid of speaking up against the majority

"At the end of the day bud, you don't like Mashima's style or his current work and you've justified why before, and I'll respect that opinion and the justifications."

Actually I like FT Zero and Ice Trail and I liked the Sun Village Arc I also liked the entire series no complaints up till the end of the GMG's

"And in turn, my reasoning for liking the series is because it's a form of escapism from my shitty depression with cool but simple to understand abilities, hot female characters"

The series has amazing female characters sadly the only ones Mashima remembers are that Mary Sue Erza and that whiny brat Lucy. He really needs to give the other girls some spotlight there are so many amazing girls but they get shoved aside for those two. Also I don't mind the abilities I just wish Mashima would delve into things a bit more and cover his tracks. Like the Erza fights in the Tartarus arc which is what made me hate FT.

"A plot that keeps me - as a reader - guessing as to what's going to happen in a beautiful and enviable art style, so I hope you respect my reasoning as a result, regardless of if you agree with it or not."

This series is very predictable I'd rate it a few after Attack on Titan. It does surprise me at times but nothing big, because it's usually an asspull or some other handwave

"What I don't respect is repetitiveness. You criticise Mashima for being unoriginal, basically repeating other peoples ideas and plots. Doesn't it seem somewhat hypocritical then that you're repeating arguments that people have had for this series for years and then consistently commenting them as if we've never heard or seen them before and trying to flog it off as something new?" To be fair I'm not an author I'm not trying to sell a series or write a good plot, or come up with characters or techniques but he is, and I haven't seen anyone else speak up, so it's new to me. I would agree it may be slightly hypocritical but nothing more.

"I'm not going to mention what I respect even less, because a) I can't be arsed, and b) I've just had a great fortnight and I don't want it ruined by a petty argument over something that in the grand scheme of things doesn't matter in life, living or infinity."

Interesting choice of words =P and true haha it doesn't matter but as Sartorious would say "Let's show them the Light"