Template:RavenCoven/February 2016

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Hi guys! how are you all? This issue of Raven's Coven is about a Celestial Spirit this time, and, unsurprisingly, Aquarius was chosen as the most popular Spirit!
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Let's do this.

DESIGN I love Aquarius' design, okay? She looks like she comes straight out of a fairy tale(pun intended), or like a water spirit from a greek myth or something. Or a mermaid! Why didn't I think of the mermaid comparison first? I don't even know. Anyway, point is, I think she is the most accurate depiction of a zodiac sign, and one of the few that is not completely a caricature (more of that on Personality).
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That said, I know that her powers are supposed to be water, but I wish she had a more normal hair color, like black. I generally dislike the fact that anime characters get crazy hairstyles and hair colors, but I think I can let it slide in this case, since she is a magical being and all that.

Also, Aquarius is one of the few characters whose skimpy outfit actually makes sense given that she is a mermaid, and is surprisingly not sexualised too much, so kudos to Mashima right there!

Overall, I'm satisfied.

10/10 Perfect depiction for the character

PERSONALITY Aquarius is basically the Tsundere trope character of Fairy Tail. She'd rather die than accept that she cares for Lucy, and will mostly kick her ass or be a bully to her. I'm generally not a fan of the particular trope, but Aquarius ends up subverting it by being overall nice to Lucy after they meet again, so I can get behind that.

I can also kind of see where she's coming from. She's said to be the strongest Celestial Spirit, and yet she ends up at the hands of a naive, weak little girl, with her skills being limited mostly to babysitting her. I can see why she couldn't stand Lucy at first, and why she was too proud to accept that she got attached to her. Also, it helps that when it really matters, she is really dependable and will protect Lucy with her life key?

Oh, also she is kind of a fangirl when it comes to Scorpio. She stans over him and will stab a bitch if she gets too close to him. She also likes to make fun of Lucy for not getting a boyfriend, which is usually funny. Other than those qualities of hers, along with her temper, I don't think there's a lot to talk about here.

What I'd like to see is her interacting with other Spirits more. Like, what does Loke think of her? Is she protective of the weaker minded Spirits, like Aries? Who is she friends with? Those are things I'm really interested in, but will probably never get an answer to.

Quiz for you astrology believers out there: is Aquarius a typical aquarius? Did Mashima do his homework and depict her accurately? I'm really interested to know lol.

7/10 Not a fan of tsunderes but she makes it work

ABILITIES

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That's it. That's Aquarius' ability. She literally only throws water at people. If you check her wiki page, you'll notice she doesn't even have a named spell there. Other Spirits like Loke, Aries, Taurus or Virgo do get their own spells, so I find it weird and funny that Lucy's "strongest Spirit" is all that fearsome with her only ability being throwing water at people.

Mashima could at least make it more badass! Have her create water currents, or tsunamis, or whirpools. I know we're supposed to take his word for it about Aquarius being the strongest Celestial Spirit, and she's indeed been effective most of the times she's been summoned, but for me, the way her Water Magic is being used is not all that intimidating. The way I see it, if someone can brace themselves for a strong Water based attack, then Aquarius basically becomes useless.

Maybe if we saw her creating Water Shields, like her Star Dress did, I'd appreciate her more. Maybe.

5/10 Could be better

SIGNIFICANCE TO PLOT/ROLE IN THE MANGA

After Loke, Aquarius is the most important Celestial Spirit in the manga when it comes to storytelling. She actually has a purpose; being Lucy's trump card/Deus ex Machina whenever things got rough. Also, she recently became the catalyst to stopping Brandish (possibly permamently), and was the character through whom we saw what happened with the Heartfilia clan and their connection to Zeref. Now that I think about it, I think her role may actually be grander than Loke's. Let's not also forget that she was a large part of Lucy's progress and development in the last timeskip, since her loss significantly affected one of the main characters. Given all that, I'd say she is pretty important, for a side character that is.

8/10 Most important Celestial Spirit


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Overall, Aquarius scores...  7.5/10!!! I suppose this score is accurate for her! She may not be a main character but she's everything a side character should be, and she helps the characters develop and moves the plot forward in all the right ways. Good job Hiro!

Let's see what the other guys have to say about her though!

...Vixen, like the DC superheroine? ( ._.)

Come on, it was pretty emotional :P

She won't, probably. I don't think Lucy will find her before the series ends.

Silly Reli, Aquarius is not a chapter.

LITERALLY!

All part of her charm ;D

Okay guys, that's all for this month's coven. Thank you for being with us all this time! As usual, choose the character you want to see next below:

Just choose one ;D Laxus Dreyar Gildarts Clive Cana Alberona Makarov Dreyar Freed Justine

See you all next month!