User blog comment:Hekik/Is Lucy.../@comment-4947224-20120512164840/@comment-50.14.119.89-20140526111834

Well there clearly was a better mage than Lucy and that person is her very own mother. who at the same time as being sick was able to call three golden celestial spirits at the same time not to mention that it could possible she didn't only hold those gold keys. she could have held silver keys also.

But at the same time we have no idea how long it would be to train to be a celestial mage or if it's a birth trait of some sort. for all we know it could have taken even Layla all of the twenty nine years she lived to manage to even summon all three of her own spirits. Lucy on the other hand has progressed far as a celestial mage, in not only power; which compared to other magic may not be that much, but also the fact that she has such great bonds with ALL of her spirits even the ever begrudging Aquarius.

That status as a kind key holder spread threw the celestial world that they probably drift towards her. along with the fact that three of her ten Gold keys weren't originally hers they were her mothers and Capricorn wasn't exactly handed to her.

but if I had to choose at least one key she should get rid of, even though I know he truly cares about protecting Lucy and is not always a perv it would have to be Taurus. Being the said 'strongest of the celestial spirits' in brute strength he goes down pretty fast. Or my second choice would be Cancer, even though he is emotionaly close to Lucy from what I can tell he's useless in battle usually doesn't physically fight besides using his giant scissors.