User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 360:The White Inheritance, Review and Commentary/@comment-24066070-20131115194948/@comment-8153438-20131116112849

Lucy fights when she have to.. Her role is not really for fighting.

Many people don't notice but FT follows Lucy's story as she grows stronger and as she collects more Golden Zodiac keys. She started with 3 and now she have 10. After all, the series started when she met Natsu and then she joined the guild. The other FT members were strong from the start. If you rank the characters from the main to supporting characters, Lucy is 1st, Natsu is just 2nd. People say Natsu is 1st. If he really is 1st, why didn't the series started when he joined the guild 6 years prior to start of the story?

Sorry if this seems misplaced..