User blog comment:FallenShadow/Fallen's Reviews: Chapter 341-343/@comment-5871436-20130712014415/@comment-4829046-20130712094653

Yukino's back-story is just a copy-paste of the already established back-stories and just cause Lucy has a slightly more comfortable and cheery past doesn't ruin her character.

But yes, her character is fluctuating just like certain characters from other great shounens >_> Looks like getting a character to be consistent is a great challenge for many authors. At times Lucy is smart and useful, other times she is just stupid. But she should remain weak. She should be able to bring down some mid-level foes, but not higher ranking ones. There is a reason why Mashima keeps her level far below her teammates minus the Exceeds.

In case you forgot, it was Lucy that saved the day multiple times in the Eclipse arc. >_> If Rogue had killed her, it would make some people happy, but then the Dragons would have won.