User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 449: Mavis & Zeref, Review./@comment-26263257-20150824112415

Historically, Fairy Tail has been more notorious than famous. The Magic Council considered them a problem in the same breadth as the Balam Alliance. The seven years when their core members were gone were probably the most peaceful years that Ishgar has had in a while... and then things got back to crazy once they got back from Tenrouj. I will say what most Fairy Tail fans have been thinking for the longest time: FAIRY TAIL IS A CURSED GUILD. I have always wondered why it has attracted a lot of members that come from tragic pasts... and it's not rare that most fans also noticed that Fairy Tail got more light-hearted when Lucy joined the guild. Even in the first few episodes, you can sense the tension within the guild despite comical members like Natsu, Gray, Elfman, etc... They try their best to laugh because most of them have sad stories to tell. I remember Mirajane telling Lucy something like that. It's almost like an unseen hand has been guiding these tragic characters towards Fairy Tail. This is why I cannot discount Lucy's importance in the storyline. It's not just because it's from her point of view. I think it's also because she is important in all of this.