User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 488: The Two of Us, Always, Review/@comment-24546844-20160606192748/@comment-25111584-20160608125639

@Homini: For the first part, I kinda agree with you. Which is why I said that the scene's good as a standalone. Sorry for misunderstanding your first comment.

So basically you're saying that, from an in universe perspective, Mest is wrong because he used war logic in a war. And as illogical as it seems it actually makes sense...

Hmmm, I'm confused here, so I'll try to rephrase your statement to clarify things (mp for myself):

From an in-universe perspective, Mest is wrong because he used war logic in a war. And as illogical as it seems to us, it makes sense in-universe, because the common sense in FTverse is fucked up.

For example, Gajeel powered up from MBP. He got a boost in Magic power from particles that corrupt Magic. Does it make sense to you? Of course not... right? But it happened! Which means it does make sense in-universe.

Going into more precarious (read ambiguous) terrain, we have Brandish trying to negotiate with August. Her arguments hold no water, to say the least. They are absolute poppycock, for reasons I mentioned in my earlier comment. Not to mention the fact that Brandish's current behaviour brands her a traitor, as August had stated so clearly just a moment earlier. Forget actually heeding her words, August shouldn't even try to humour Brandish, no matter their relationship. At most August can imprison her. But, on the contrary, August actually seems to be swayed by her drivel! Absolute nonsense, yet it happens because this is FT, which has its own perverted take on common sense. Well, you might not actually agree with this point, but the first point should suffice in showing where I'm going with this.

For the Mest scene, just look at how it is written. You have a somewhat calm, almost hunky-dory atmosphere going. Brandish is acting all cute to emphasize her role as the innocent maiden. And, after the deed, you have even Mest's own allies sympathizing with Brandish and raging at Mest. As a cherry on the cake, you have the dark and evil background in Mest's panel. It's almost as if Mashima is standing behind you saying, "Look at what Mest has done, the bastard! Such a stupid and evil lout! Hate him!" When the author's intentions are so transparent, Mest's actions are obviously retarded in-universe.

* glances back at the comment* Oops, sorry. The explanation turned into a sad commentary about how pathetic this arc is. .-.