User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 512: Sting, the White Shadow Dragon, Review/@comment-4449950-20161128234405/@comment-7418318-20161129210303

I'm surprised this one panel turned into such a big issue... since it really isn't a big issue in my opinion, but here are my thoughts on it anyway:

Is it unnecessary stuff that adds nothing to the story? Yes. Even if we assume that Igneel had Human (or rather non-Dragon) help with the scarf, it doesn't matter who did it. It was still Igneel's idea and he donated his own scales and he was the one who gave it to Natsu, so it's still Igneel's gift, no matter who did or did not help with the assembly.

Is it detrimental to the story in any way? Not really... well, except for wasting a few frames that might have been used for more interesting stuff perhaps. Just as it doesn't add anything, neither does it destroy or harm anything. It's just a more or less sweet, but ultimately inconsequential scene to add some atmosphere to the 400-year in the past setting.

Is it NaLu? No. Anna might be Lucy's ancestor but she is not Lucy or a previous incarnation or Lucy. They are two completely seperate individuals. Not to mention that Natsu didn't express any feelings toward Anna, save for surprise at her looking like Lucy. How is knowing that a stranger helped Igneel to make the scarf going to have any impact on Natsu's feelings for Lucy or set off some cosmic destiny of love 400 years down the road? I really don't see any connection here.

The line of argument that constucts fated destiny out of his scene reminds me of Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule: "People will believe anything if they want to believe it, or are afraid it is true."... or in this case: "People will treat anything as true if they want it to be true (i.e. shippers), or if it allows them to rant about it (i.e. Sane)." :P