@Raccy:
Da' hell you talkin' 'bout? I ain't defending anything. Fairy Tail is pretty mediocre.
I just don't think you should analyze things like THIS so much like you do. It's just a children's comic, no one reading it is expecting for it to have the story plots of the century or even for it to have… well... anything wholesome.
To be frank, it's just a waste of time to do so and makes me think that you take this stuff way too seriously.
Eh, but to each their own.
Idk
it's hardly like people are analyzing any deep metaphysical or existential themes in this story. Pretty much it's back and forth between people who think a fight was lame, or the author could've done more with the plot, and those who think it's just fine - and I doubt any of them are super invested in Fairy Tail. (tbh, there would probably be no discussion at all if the folks who didn't like that week's chapter could say: "nope, didn't like this one" without a few fans going "OMG THE WHINERSSSS you can't just say that without giving me a DISSERTATION explaining why get to it")
but really, I mean, I don't know what you were expecting. Why are you here? What for, if not to kill time by talking about the mangas and the animoos? I hate to break it to you, but ALL of this is a waste of time. There is not a single bit of posting on this forum that could be considered productive. Stuck at a kiosk at work, or in the library inbetween classes: it is a thing to do. Not some trenchant, cheeto-crusted turf war with nerd cred on the line.
I mean, do any of you seriously think about the fairy tail thread when you aren't in it? Really?
How can you? Are there really people who commute to work going "oooh, that TLS said this!" "That cursed Fire Fist Ace!! and his OPINIONS!!! I CAN'T WAIT until I get home so I can measure dicks with him on the internet!!!" Such suppositions are cartoonishly unrealistic, I think.
So clearly it must be something else.