Nalu week: magazine
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion, but I enjoy the series more when Natsu is aware of the guilds disbanding and the fact that leaving Lucy for a year will hurt her, but he does it anyways. I think it mainly has to do with Igneels death and how he spent the better part of 20 years searching for him hurt to loose him in like 15 mins, and then the only family he’s ever known is also crumbling. I also think part of it is that he feels like he failed at protecting Lucy as well. He wasn’t there when she needed him and as a result she had to break Aquarius’ key.
I also think that he kept up with her career with Sorcerer Weekly. This is a lil comic about him seeing an edition of Sorcerer Weekly that she modeled for.
Anyways this is a very specific head cannon to my version of fairy tail, but I hope you enjoy. 🙂