In the recent Fairies' Christmas OVA, we see a scene in it where Lucy's apartment in Magnolia apparently has a new bathtub in it. I prefer the design of this new tub than the one she originally had but my question is why would they do this? What's the point of changing the design of an established location just for this minor scene in an OVA?
My theory is that since Lucy's apartment was destroyed by Brandish in the currently running Alvarez Empire arc, it later gets rebuilt in the aftermath of it and the bathroom gets a new tub in this apartment remodeling.
This isn't an absurd idea, a new redesigned location has been hinted already in the past. The Fairy Tail guild's newer building after the Grand Magic Games arc was actually first seen in the Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Phoenix movie which was released before we saw it unveiled in chapter 340. As seen alot in the past, Mashima has contributed to some extra content that we see in the anime so it's possible that Mashima already has a new design for Lucy's bathroom when her apartment gets rebuilt after the Alvarez arc ends for whatever arc happens afterwards.
If not it's possible that this could be a new redesign for Lucy's bathroom in the next batch of episodes when the TV anime comes back. If this is the case then it's possible we might see Lucy and Brandish in this tub together instead when they adapt that legendary bath scene that spanned from chapter's 455-457.
Anyway that's just my little theory about this random bathtub change in the new OVA. What are your opinions about this?