User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 416: Tartarus Arc: Final Part, Review and Commentary/@comment-7418318-20150119150904/@comment-5268982-20150119162932

Wow, that's one huge comment :P

The abbreviation thing is lame but it is probably a poetic attempt from Mashima's part to have the word spell END. I also think he had this bit thought out since the very beginning, because, well, it makes sense.

For Natsu = E.N.D. I see so many loose ends that I won't even bother to think about it until I see what Mashima gives us.

I agree about Juvia being so much better as a character the way she's portrayed right now, although I think that as comedy, we'll still have her be the creepy stalker type.

As for Natsu and Lucy, I actually want their reunion to happen much later, with one of the two arriving to save the latter in a very critical situation :P I'll especially love it if it's Lucy who does the saving, and then also hits Natsu for abandoning her without saying goodbye. A guy can dream.