User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 395: Tartarus Arc - Part 5: Extreme Pain, Review./@comment-5072337-20140802221822/@comment-5072337-20140803162220

@NoNickNeeded - I'm guessing you were in the "we want our jerk back" audience faction as of the Tenrou Island arc. Either that or you just don't think S-Class mages should ever be considered "invincible" no matter how much badassery they show to the audience.

Sorry, but that was a world class dick-move on Mashima's part IMO. Seeing Juvia become another "Magical Barrier Particle" casualty just reopened the wound for me.

"I don't want friends to die, or fade away. I don't want battles where we have to lose in order to win." (Yuna, Final Fantasy X-2) Up until Ultear's sacrifice in the GMG arc, I can't recall seeing anybody fighting on Fairy tail's side, who made a move of the "heroic sacrifice" variety, fail to recover afterward. And I don't think the resultant temporary power-up justified making Lucy permanently sacrifice Aquarius' key. I guess it just hurts so much more to me as an audience member because Lucy is one of my favorite characters.