User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 8 - Magnolia is on Fire?/Blue Cat Happy, Review./@comment-25111584-20150220171721/@comment-4449950-20150223003141

(Was going to ignore this but has to reply >__>)

"it should never have worked against an opponent who knew his opponents, knew that they used illusions, and has been shown to keep his head in a crisis and calmly analyze the situation"

Uhhh, that's what Geoffrey did... he panicked for a second but then got into the town and called Mavis out for the illusion of fire. He wasn't stupid, he was just treating Mavis as if she was stupid - doubting the extent of her abilities. He knew they were illusions, just not the entire town was, because it didn't cross his mind that Mavis would go that far to trick him. And by the time he did get there is was too late, so I have no clue really why you think he should have looked at the town from afar and gone "this is all an illusion - the entire town is fake" when all he knew about Mavis from their last encounter was "has some form of Illusion Magic that is easy to see through and is a weak little girl otherwise." If Mavis upped the power of her illusions and Geoffrey obviously didn't know this, I'm not surprised he fell for the trick.

W/e though, to each her own...