User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 431 & 432: My sword is... & Brair in Love, Review./@comment-24951162-20150429012051/@comment-25111584-20150429193926

Mary, Briar and Jerome weren't really portrayed as fodder. They appeared and Natsu and Lucy got captured. They even stated that the four Natsu defeated were nothing compared to them.

If these had been single Chapters, then Natsu one-shotting Jerome would have been the defeat of the first of Avatar's strongest three. It's pretty believable that many people would have started to hate about that.

lol, if you know Jerome is fodder already, how would Natsu OHKOing him be 'stealing the limelight'?

Also, may I assume that knowing that Avatar is fodder means that you no longer consider Chapter 427 to be a bad Chapter, but Natsu just being badass?