User blog comment:Real Godisme/469. What I want to do/@comment-4829046-20160119145943/@comment-4829046-20160119155246

Count me in the indifferent but amused category :D

For the chapter itself, I decided to just take it in the way Mashima envisioned, and frankly doing that makes it feel pointless to bother feeling dislike. I laughed at the conveniences, retorts and jokes, felt inspired by Aquarius, awed by the power of God and finally saddened by the farewell speech. All in all, I have nothing else to say besides what was seen. I do however find fault with this promise of exploring other continents. In one way, it is a tease of things we will never actually see, but in another sense it could mean an actual arc for that. I pray to all the known Gods that the latter doesn't happen and it is unlikely of course, because this seems to be set up in the manner where finding the key is supposed to happen off-screen but you never know.

It also brings up another thing, isn't the point of the key distribution(and obviously reincarnation) so that new CS mages can constantly arise and get more skilled? I mean, I'm sure all the Golden keys together have been possessed by an individual(or close enough like Lucy) several times before, but they always get split up. It's just a tidbit, but if they show Lucy having Aquarius back in an epilogue, I would like to see new generations of CS (that are not spawned by Lucy) getting some keys so that we know that the Spirits will constantly get recycled and be able to reach all over the globe without needing to summon CSK. As much as I like the idea of having all the keys together, it kinda takes away the freedom of other CS mages to possess high tier spirits. It would also be nice if Lucy imparts keys with the guidance to care for and treat them as friends because the series basically said that some Spirits were used to being treated as tools and found it odd to be treated with care. We can assume that some keys stayed with the Heartfilia family for generations, but the rest most likely just got treated like shit. Lucy's involvement is supposed to hint at a better future for the Spirits during the eternity they have to spend in that universe.