User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 5 - A Moonlit Lake, Review./@comment-4829046-20141117141022/@comment-25111584-20141118043121

@FTGM: People are idiots for screaming yuri at the slightest hint. I'll agree with Carrot that the intimacy is completely believable. On the other hand, I have no idea how the scene had good flow:
 * Looking at the convo before the bath scene, Zeira really never bothered to learn Magic while Mavis was doing so, even though she had decided to protect her? It just makes her seem a bit stupid. Not to mention that she has already met the three guys on Tenrou and know that they are going after Blue Skull on Tenrou itself, so why discuss it now? Yes, Mavis was in trouble now, but she knew that she'd be in trouble even before starting her journey, what with the slaughter of Red Lizard. So this convo is much better on the ship or, even better, on Tenrou itself, before they embark on their journey.
 * Zeira just expressed her fear about being around new people. Mavis came looking for her, which means that the others might get worried and come looking for them too (surprising that they don't, I don't understand why they don't other than Mashima just ignoring it completely for the sake of convenience and fanservice >.>) as they also know where they are. Despite knowing all this, she is the one to cast aside all reservations and bathe naked? Even though she might want to break free of her fears and reminisce about Tenrou, the sudden 180 turn is too much to believe.
 * The first point makes the scene seem completely out of place, the second point makes it seem completely forced for the sake of fanservice, so I still say that I don't get where you're coming from with it flowing well.

@Carrot: Precht definitely best char in whole series. In fact, looking at FT, he doesn't go dark until much after he leaves the Guild. It would be pretty inconsistent if he shows signs of going bad now. His personality seems even more mature when he is the Master than it is now. ... And I personally don't want this to turn into the Star Wars prequel trilogy. >.>