User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 368: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-4449950-20140127091241

TheCarrotSaysYumYum presents:

Conversations of a fangirl with characters.

Otherwise known as: Ramblings of a vegetable girl stuck underground.

Jellal: Carrot! Carrot!! DX I've been shot!!

Carrot: ( .__.) I know...

Jellal: I do- Wait.... What?

Carrot: I know... You've been shot... by Zero. You got Dark Capriccio'd through the chest...

Jellal: But... You're in a hole... in the middle of nowhere o__O

Carrot: Hehe... *pulls out her phone* I'm on Telstra noob! I have coverage all over the place :)

Jellal: So, you read the chapter on time and didn't miss anything?

Carrot: Yeah... I read it at 9oclock Friday night... probably one of the first XD I've also been reading all the blog comments thereafter :)

Jellal: Hmmmmm... Okay. Y'know I just kind of expected... *sideways glance*

Carrot: Ah... Some: '''OMFG! JELLAL!! NOOOOOOOOO!! MY BABY MY BABY MY BABY!! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?? OMG!!...'s?'''

Jellal: ^__^" Well, I think everyone is expecting it. I also take it from your tone that that wasn't your reaction?

Carrot: Nah, I was just kinda pissed off really ( .__.) I rolled my eyes and shut off my phone.

Jellal: That bad huh?

Carrot: Well, I mean, what am I to do? I knew as soon as I read the chapter that all I'd read getting on the Wiki was "Hahaha Carrot" and "Jellal is dead! YES!", even though your death isn't confirmed, so I'm kind of glad I only had crappy phone internet to be honest...

Jellal: So you don't think I'm dead? :D You'd be one of the few >__>

Carrot: Well, people on this Wiki are idiots sometimes. Trust me honey, the same thing happened when Gray "died" and the Tenrou Team "died". There is always someone who thinks Mashima would actually kill off major characters. I dunno where they get these ideas from, but they do. *sighs* Seems there's quite a few this time around though...

Jellal: So you truly believe I'm safe?? :/

Carrot: Well, to be honest there is always a sliver of doubt with these things, but until it's confirmed I wouldn't be jumping for joy. Mashima has used this "character "dies" just before a cliffie ending" all the time, and the funny thing is that the characters don't die XD

Jellal: Well, that's true :)

Carrot: Also, people don't stop to think. I mean, if you do die, what will happen to the story??

Jellal: What do you mean?

Carrot: I mean, where does the story go? So, Face activates? But, nobody is in a position to stop Face at all, so how can the climax be now? We are only in Part 1... like Face is going to activate XD

Jellal: You have a point, but what if it doesn't work? :) Face could be a pile of useless crap for all we know XD

Carrot: Meh, that'd be a really crappy repeat of the Lullaby arc, so I doubt it...

Jellal: Okay, so Face's activation would be awkward. What else? :/

Carrot: Well, look at the characters. What would honestly happen to Meredy if you died?

Jellal: That poor girl. I feel bad she had to see that D;

Carrot: Yeah. Well, if you die she's as good as dead too... which makes no sense. Then there's Erza... she'd be useless to Tartarus if you're gone... so there's no story there either.

Jellal: Well, she could use her rage at my death to break out... :/

Carrot: Honestly, it'd be better story-telling if she was told you died because Tartarus think that, but then you two have a nice reunion later. It'd be tear-worthy I believe :3

Jellal: I'd like that :3

Carrot: Tehehehe X3 Me too~

Jellal: But people are saying that we'll have some moment next chapter as I go to heaven... or something >__>

Carrot: *sighs* That gets to my next point... Bad writing. Would Mashima really kill off a character he wrote so well by killing him off in the last few pages of a chapter with no final words, no moment with Erza and no fight?? Please... I think he's better than that. If you had actually dueled Zero and been hit and it wasn't a sneak attack in 2 pages, maybe I'd be more worried. This way? Hell no...

Jellal: Fairy Tail has been darker though... :/

Carrot: Darkness does not mean killing off characters. Character deaths should be dramatic. They should evoke true emotion, and strive other characters onward. The way you "died" (if you have) was so poorly written I didn't even bother to re-read the chapter over the weekend.

Jellal: So... what would you do if I am dead?

Carrot: You want the truth? I'd actually very heavily consider dropping Fairy Tail.

Jellal: Wait... WHAT!? For real?

Carrot: Well, yeah. I've dropped book series before when the writing has been poor. I've put series on my hate-list when the author kills off characters/writes them poorly. Why should Fairy Tail be any different?? If you are dead, and I hope you aren't, you will drop from one of the nicest-written characters I have read to one of the poorest-written. I don't know if I could find the urge to keep reading.

Jellal: But... won't the people here accuse you of just being a silly over-dramatic fangirl? >__>

Carrot: Of course. People here sometimes don't understand writing. They see things as so one-dimensional: good or bad. I guess I just see them differently. I actually have no problem with you dying-

Jellal: Sheesh... Thanks >__>

Carrot: -but if it does happen it needs to be done well... Not just you thrown aside like any old character. You didn't even achieve anything before your "death"... it would be the most pointless thing I have read in manga. I want to cry when you die. I want to scream and hit my walls and the floor and think "this can't be real". I didn't do any of that with what I just read. And that... well that doesn't sit well with me :/

Jellal: So, even if it wasn't me dying... say, Juvia or Erza, you'd still react the same way?

Carrot: Of course, though it doesn't help that you are one of my favourite characters. Add this chapter to the childish reactions of the people here and you can see why I avoided the place XD

Jellal: Childish? Come on, the people here aren't that bad...

Carrot: 'hey carrot!! So just wanted to share something with you. Doesn't Jellal look awesome when he is getting penetrated?' ( -__-)

Jellal: Fuck... who the hell wrote that? >___>

Carrot: *sighs* Leli... I think he was hoping to get some childish reaction in return... Then there are those already praising your demise and how poorly it was done. Wrath went on a rant about how your death was so stupid, but followed up by saying he loved it.

Jellal: Really?

Carrot: Yeah XD I don't think they get that that sort of point is only strengthening the idea that you're alive...

Jellal: You have a point...

Carrot: And then there's Mega.... *sighs* I'm just not going onto Skype or anywhere near that idiot >__> I don't feel like sitting through hours of "Hahahahaha!". Then when it's revealed in a few days that you're likely fine he won't even apologise or admit he's wrong ( .___.)

Jellal: I like your enthusiasm... but... *points to the bleeding hole in his chest* I kinda did get shot through the chest ^__^"

Carrot: Meh...

Jellal: M-meh? o__o

Carrot: Well, I mean... meh. Pantherlily was shot right through the chest by Knightwalker and was healed with a few bandages. Gray was shot through the chest, actually killed and he still lived. Makarov, an 88 year old man, was shot through the chest by Hades, barely healed and then he fought a Dragon! XD

Jellal: Sure, sure, so some popular characters survived...

Carrot: And you aren't popular? *grabs Jellal's face* Look at yourself! You're like the sexiest, most amazing, talented character. You are adored by millions! Your existence is a fanservice within itself XD Plus, if you're really that worried, take a look at Jiemma...

Jellal: Jiemma?

Carrot: Y'know... that Sabertooth ex-Master guy. He was a hated character with no future and no reason for existing. He was shot through the chest by Sting and he still lived and now has no place in the story. I think if someone as hated and pointless as Jiemma is kept around, you're fine.

Jellal: Still, it's a long shot...

Carrot: Not really. You are very talented with Thought Projections, you're next to an illusion Mage with a grudge and a best friend who can link senses and lives.

Jellal: Well, now that you point it out ;D

Carrot: Plus, the Tartarus guys managed to locate you. I think you'd disappear off the radar if you died...

Jellal: Wow, you've really thought this through, haven't you?

Carrot: Jellal, I'm in a hole in the ground, I've had a lot of time. Plus, being an admin of this Wiki, I've come to learn the types of ways people argue that you're arguments are invalid...

Jellal: So... you factored all these reactions in and purposely created this discussion to both bring up your points and deflect anyone looking to have a laugh at you??

Carrot: Sort of, yeah XD I mean, I could have come in swords blazing, banners flying, but I'd just end up getting pissed off when the only replies I get are "Jellal's dead. Hahaha", even though they have just as little proof that you are dead. Well, I bet that's all the response I'll get to this post too, but at least I'm being mature... unlike everyone else.

Jellal: How do you put up with this place?

Carrot: Sometimes, I wonder that myself. Guess something keeps me coming back. Though if you are dead, then...

Jellal: Ah, don't sweat it honey. You've given me the courage to survive this... or at least give Mashima a piece of my mind if I am dead.

Carrot: Good on you. You mind mentioning to him that there needs to be more attention put on you and Erza? ;D

Jellal: Carrot, I can tell him whatever you want... I am a figment of your imagination after all~ :)

Carrot: That's nic- Wait... Figment of m- *turns to see the cave wall* Hmmmm... ( .__.)

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