User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail Episode 212: Juvia vs. Aries: Clash in the Desert!, Review./@comment-50.168.121.218-20141219114341/@comment-7418318-20141219213938

We've seen Lucy hold her own against Eclipse Virgo with her whip in the first episode of the arc.... or rather we've seen Lucy beating Virgo, but then pulling her attack due to not wanting to hurt her.

And now she's not even trying to defend herself anymore. That has NOTHING at all to do with Lucy's fighting abilities.

But the problem isn't really that Lucy's losing in the first place. It's that she's not even trying anything. She's neither trying to fight nor is she trying to re-awaken Virgo's memories by telling her details of their past... she's just running away begging for Virgo to stop and that's just degrading for a character who endured so freaking much - including several actual torture sessions - and never gave up or begged for mercy before.