User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 516: The Truth About Enchantment, Review/@comment-5303512-20161227040743/@comment-7418318-20161227183352

Regarding convenience vs. bad writing I'd like to toss something... probably totally unexpected in: Code Geass!

I know some people will be pissed by even suggesting a comparision between Code Geass and Fairy Tail, but bear with me for a moment (or several). I think that most people will agree that this show has great writing. And yet it's full of very story-convenient strings of coincidences that have astronomical chances to happen by themselves and yet there are several such incidences.

''TL:DR summary: Extreme convenience by itself does not equal bad writing by itself. But it can be a contributing factor.''

Let's just look at the very first episode along (and thus avoid significant spoilers in the process):

Lelouch just so happens to be the child of the Empror - who's the cause for... pretty much everything that happens in the entire series - and the woman who's also intricately bound to all the Geass story. After his mother is killed, he is sent to Japan where he becomes best friends with Suzaku... for some reason I could never truly grasp. Then he's assumed dead, but against all odds not only survives, but also manages to get his crippled and blind sister through AND manages to find a somewhat powerful allies family that not only conceals him, but enables him to live a comfortable life. For some reason the scientists conduct studies on C.C. in the very same city that Lelouche ended up in. Terrorists steal C.C. and Lelouch just so happens to be on just the right road at just the right time to cross path with them. By chance the driving of the guy he's with just so happens to cause the terrorist truck to have an accident. The truck conventiently has it's doors obstruced, causing Lelouch to climb on top. At just the wrong (i.e. right) moment the truck starts again, causing Lelouch to fall into the same room as C.C.'s container. After another crash of the truck, which everyone conveniently survives, it isn't just any soldier that finds Lelouch, but literally the only true friend he has in the entire world Suzaku. Suzaku manages to delay the royal guards and just at the moment when it looks like they'll kill Lelouch, the truck is blown up by the driver, enabling Lelouch to escape at the most convenient timing. He and C.C. flee, but are caught again. Once again the guards are going to shoot Lelouch, but somehow C.C. manages to somehow get away from the !!two highly trained elite guards!! who had captured her to jump in front of the shot, saving Lelouch. Finally the guards wait with shooting Lelouch just long enough for C.C. to revive just in the nick of time to again save Lelouch and kick the story off for good.

Now my question: Is the current situation of FT anywhere near this level of convenience? Because I think it isn't and still Code Geass is considered good writing despite this.

So no, plot convenience by itself does not equal bad writing. That's not to say that the current state of Fairy Tail isn't badly written, but the overly convenient incidences are only one contributing factor of several, rather than the sole reason.