User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Laxus' Battle: Another Threesome?/@comment-3290324-20121224035724/@comment-4047931-20121227033239

Well what do I think?:

First of all though in my opinion not the best arc in the series yet it holds up and is definitely enjoyable, Knightwalker was an enjoyable addition and I believe the first time where I genuinely wanted Erza to lose, that being Evil Erza losing to Normal Erza but it still counts, seeing how she was a decent villain. I can't quite say the same for Faust as I thought he was too generic and dull but the way he was defeated was really cool. Overall it was fun seeing the counterparts, there was plenty action and I love Pantherlily vs Gajeel. The plot was okay I guess but didn't all interest me that much with that nagging voice in the back of my head saying how this just seemed to be an arc to explain Mystogan's existence even though that was not the case as you said it shows Fairy Tail's determination to battle an entire kingdom for their friends so it was indeed a good arc but not the best in my opinion.

As fr the counterparts I guess it varies from person to person as Erza Knightwalker was definitely on par with Erza Scarlet yet then there is Ichiya and Nichiya and Porlyusica and Grandeeney making the thought ever so more confusing to think about. You could find contradictions everywhere yet there is the whole thing about Magic being alive and looking how the bodies of the majority of Earth Land dwellers and Edolasians Magical power the same in Earth Land? I would guess it's possible unless your a freaking cat but I think it really doesn't matter to involve Edolas at all anymore seeing the two worlds are cut off from one another now which raises the question why I brought it into the equation anyway? Still I would suspect Jellal and Mystogan to have similar power, it's just Jellal's magic is indeed stronger and his knowledge of should be grater then Mystogan's when it comes to Earth Land's magic.

Okay one thing I need to make clear is that I absolutely despise this battle and I really like three of the characters involved, the first being Gajeel as I have always like him at was really disappointed that we had to watch the horrific scene were he sent down the mine leaving us without knowing the full result of his training. The second one of the three was Rogue who I thought was a cool looking guy, his personality as kind of a loner-type feel to it made him stand out more from the other characters who were mainly outgoing and not afraid to show how they felt and I wanted to uncover more about him. I was delighted to see him as the black sheep in Sabertooth with an actual good side to him even if he hardly showed it which was very interesting and it was great to see him not share the same ideals as other in his guild giving him an overall likable personality and like a lot of the new mages introduced in the arc I couldn't wait to uncover his Magic and it did not disappoint me. I found it a massive downer to see how he barely participated in the fight except from when the two Tiger's were losing. The third member was Sting. I actually liked Sting from the get go as his cocky nature was rather entertaining especially when he met Natsu, also like Rogue I found great interest in the guy and was even more enthralled after chariot when he thought comrades in a guild were something trivial which was evident as cause of his guild's teaching. Eventually I began to dislike Sting more after the Yukino incident yet was interested in his battle hunger side showing after Natsu tried to fight Jiemma. Still I liked Sting overall with his flaws and after the fight he became one of my top characters in the series with his motives being revealed through the fight and powers being pretty damn cool. I just thought the fight was a load of bull. Now seeing how your on the Fairy's side and I'm more on the Tiger's side I expect you to disagree with me here but I have a lot of problems with the fight. First of all the one sided fight itself was annoying as I find the majority of battles like this are not worth the hype and wait in the end. Secondly the wait and build up to this confrontation between Dragon Slayers was long and got me really hyped that the execution was aggravating and boring. What went through the fight was also dull and it spent the first portion showing how Sting and Rogue, Mages who have meant to be the cause of the Dragon Parents demise and part of the five Mages that brought and unknown guild to the top of the food chain, beaten so easily. Things picked up when they used Dragon Force as it was shocking to see them be able to activate such a great power and the fact it was Sabertooth's turn to gain the upper hand in the battle lessened my rage at the previous portion of the fight. pity what happened underground where we saw what can only be described and one of the lamest and bull crap counter attacks I've ever seen and they basically just patted themselves down after being beaten by the force that brought Jellal and Zero to their knees. It would have been a lot better to see that the attack had done something, with Natsu and Gajeel struggling to get up and maybe even ad a little blood hear and their and then have Natsu use his Lightning Flame mode as you'd believe Sting to be spent so Gajeel could handle him while Natsu fought Rogue with his Dragon Force looking how he did nothing! But no Natsu needed the spotlight after defeating three big enemies last arc whereas Gajeel got a goat and a chicken to fight. Also the whole movements thing where they say they picked up on Sting's fighting habits and then left that in the dirt the next chapter was annoying. Then what came after made me lose all hope in the chapter as Natsu beat them on his own. Honestly I just hated the chapter as it was nothing like you'd expect for one of the biggest fights in the arc. I just was really disappointed to get nothing from this battle as you would think if they were meant to have killed dragons but this fight and cause a guild to become top of the food chain the fight would have been a lot closer. That's just my honest opinion. It also made me think there was something behind the deaths of Sting and Rogue's Dragons Parents making them look as with they tried to kill the adoptive sons so they would be killed be their children leaving little emotional bound between the Dragon and Child and the Lacrima to make them stronger. I even made a blog about something along the lines. Overall utter disappointment.