User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 457: Naked Battle, Review./@comment-24102956-20151019142707/@comment-7418318-20151020082850

Let's see:


 * 1) Agreed, I want to know that, but it isn't necessarily connected with Layla. It could be from centuries ago.
 * 2) That doesn't necessarily need an explanation. He already gave one, which is likely true. She's just a real dead-heart to the Celestial Spirits, more so than any other Celestial Spirit Mage before her. She even risked her life to save Loke, even though she barely knew him and wasn't his owner... and she did it out of her sense of justice and fairness without expecting a reward.
 * 3) That or if she really knew. From what little Lucy told Capricorn, it seemed as if that was just Layla's interpretation of incomplete information. Even Capricorn literally called it an interpretation.
 * 4) Agreed.
 * 5) That doesn't need an explanation. He knew that the Gate would bring in 10.000 Dragons, he knew that unless he killed her Lucy would try to prevent them from getting through... and he was right about it too, since Lucy did close the door.
 * 6) They did believe her to be "Lucky Lucy" and she was their only child and the only living descendant of both Jude and Layla, inheriter of their will and Layla's keys... yada yada... I don't think that letter had any hidden meaning in it beyond parential pride and love.
 * 7) No need for explanations here. The "Old Friend" is just his odd speech pattern... and I'm not even sure if he adressed Lucy with it. Either way changing the law an all that had nothing to do with Layla. It was all about what Lucy thought of as just and fair.
 * 8) That was already explained. He was only in the Celestial Spirit World for a few seconds. That's too little time to suffocate.
 * 9) He certainly must have known about them to incorporate them when designing the Eclipse Gate... so yeah, I'd like to know if there's more to it than just knowledge out of some book.
 * 10) I think that idea was scrapped, but we'll see.
 * 11) I dobut it. Even in the comparisons you made they are nothing alike.