User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 407: All for My Demise, Review and Commentary/@comment-4449950-20141103024620/@comment-25111584-20141103205235

@Carrot:
 * Kinda meh about Lumen ever since it was stated to be Mavis. Mashima kills of good characters very few times, and now he's brought back one which was supposed to be dead, like Lisanna, though this one, atm, makes more sense than the Lisanna thing anyway (I'm not a Mavis or Lisanna hater). Though I would love it if Ur is brought back; I know, "Hypocrite much?"  But still optimistic that Lumen doesn't turn out to be just Mavis and that she doesn't become active after Lumen is used. Maybe return to stasis (very likely, from the memory erasure thing) or finally die. And I'm excited to see what Elfman does too.
 * Yeah, agreed with the Dragons things.
 * I agree with Nick about the Natsu and E.N.D. thing and about Zeref dying, though I don't think Natsu is a creation of Zeref. But still too little info here for a theory.
 * I must be the only one to hope that Gray sacrifices his own life to defeat E.N.D., with help from the others, of course (yeah, yeah, there has already been a lot about him not sacrificing himself, but it's just a dream :P). Then the question about him being a bit OP doesn't really arise. Though I don't get how people say that Mard vs. Gray will be a curbstomp, the fight still has to start. Just like people were optimistic about Erza's fight (despite the result, but she has a record regarding that, Gray doesn't) before it began, I'm optimistic about this one. Not to mention Absolute Demon makes it seem as if the battle won't be a curbstomp (If Mard has an Etherious Form, I hope Mashima doesn't troll us by making him like Chuhlhourne). And we don't know whether the battle will be only Gray vs. Mard or all 4 of them against him. In my opinion, Gray will try to take him alone, but, finding himself unable to defeat, will ask the 3 DSs for help.
 * Though I hope that, if my dream doesn't come true, Gray won't lose his powerup (like Erza and Natsu haven't lost theirs), the tattoo almost confirms it for me that he will lose them. :c
 * lol, many of the Gruvia shippers I know have been fangsaming over the scarf line, saying that he has now realized how important Juvia is to him and will get together with her. ... Btw, does this mean that you'd have no problems with his line if Gruvia doesn't happen? And doesn't Gray's experience with Ur and wanting to live on with his friends make him the best person to say that? Learn from experience and all?
 * Considering I don't care much for Jellal, I'd love it if Ultear appears instead of Jellal. \(^_^)/

@Nick:
 * Ummm, you're taking the metaphor with the scarf too literally. ( ._.)
 * Let's be optimistic, shall we? Gray still has to begin the battle, and he has fought only one battle with his IDS powers till now. And I don't see how he's being going downhill for a long time after getting his IDS Magic, considering he hasn't really appeared much after that. Also, like Natsu's LFD Mode was more powerful than normal against Hades because of Laxus' magical power, I think Silver transferred his magical power to Gray too. ... And that guy was a beast. :D
 * Lucy doesn't really use intelligence to win the fights she isn't sidelined in, except a few:
 * Lucy Heartfilia vs. Sherry Blendy: One of the earlier battles and a very good one. Lucy definitely outwitted Sherry to win.
 * Lucy Heartfilia & Juvia Lockser vs. Vidaldus Taka: This one was raw power unless you consider using Juvia to summon Aquarius as being smart (I don't, I think she should have started by using Cancer).
 * Lucy Heartfilia, Happy & Loke vs. Bickslow: It was Loke who was the smart one here, not Lucy.
 * Lucy Heartfilia vs. Angel: Actually, Angel was the one who was smart here, exploiting the relationships between Celestial Spirits. Lucy won through raw power and her feelings for the Spirits.
 * Natsu Dragneel & Lucy Heartfilia vs. Hughes & Byro: Lucy was quite smart in the end here.
 * Lucy Heartfilia vs. Flare Corona: Including this because she should have won. Though there was some skill involved here (she finally used Cancer against Hair Magic \(^_^)/), the win would have been one of raw power.
 * Lucy Heartfilia & Yukino Aguria vs. Uosuke: Raw power here too.
 * Natsu Dragneel & Lucy Heartfilia vs. Franmalth: Only included this because of that nice little trick she used. She got sidelined in this battle though.
 * Lucy Heartilia vs. Tartarus: Badass battle, but raw power in the end.
 * Lucy's use of intelligence doesn't seem as prominent in her fights, like against Byro, or is shown using a small trick, and then she is sidelined, like against Franmalth. Not to mention that she also prefers to use raw power before resorting to intelligence, normally preferring to use Aquarius to overpower her opponent, though this might change now. Though I still like her battles because she normally brings something new to the plate, unlike Natsu and Erza, I wouldn't expect her to win her battles using intelligence even is she doesn't get sidelined.