User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 374: Revolution, Review/@comment-24467372-20140307123719/@comment-7418318-20140307165353

Yes I did consider it.

My best guess(es) would be, that Franmlath linked with Taurus and Aries was either too scared, too slow or attacked with too little force to break that connection. And once Taurus was gone, she by herself was easy pickings.

But considering how Natsu and Erza had plenty of victories only possible through ass-pull and/or Nakama-powerup and/or plot-armor, who's to say that Mashima couldn't just do the same thing with Lucy too.