#ft 515

[tehzeldamaster]

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Fairy Tail 515

Dragonified Eileen

[mind--master]

My thoughts on Chapter 515

Irene’s backstory of her hardships and deteriorating mental state was honestly heart-wrenching, though I think that more explanation is needed for how she fully became her present-day self.

Irene’s husband was the worst.

The way Erza handled her mother’s abandonment was so mature and I love the “family is who cares for you, not who is related to you” message.

Bonus: Erza was able to get passed Freed’s runes way back when becuase she wasn’t actually born 400 years in the past like Natsu and the others were. Her mother didn’t give birth to her until 19 years before that battle, so that definitely makes her younger than 80. 

[olivianastazia]

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[the-virgo-otaku]

I may not be the first to say this, but I love Erza’s maturity in this chapter. First, she has to listen to Eileen tell her about her relationship with Erza. Then, she has to hear about Eileen’s painful past. Yet, in her heart she knows who her true family is.

[ajerzaaddict]

Thoughts on characters in FT 515

Irene’s husband aka Erza’s dad: He had certainly once loved Irene more than simply someone he married for political reason, if you considered what Irene said about him fighting with her in the battlefield and accompanying her when Belserion died. And his fear for Irene’s turning into a dragon is understandable after going through a war with dragons and Acnologia. Yet it didn’t excuse him from turning his back on her mercilessly. 

Lastly I do hope Mashima had drew him a bit more attractive. Thanks god that Erza doesn’t look like him at all. 

Irene: The backstory actually makes me feel sorry for her. She started something with good intentions, but the result was a tragic. Her created magic to protect human and dragons, but her magic gave birth to Acnologia, and the dragon race became almost extinct as a result. Then she was betrayed by her husband and turned into a dragon. She was no longer human even she got her human appearance back. It’s also understandable that she became desperate and pretty insane when she tried to enhance herself into her child and to become one with her. When her magic failed, I imagine that she considered it a rejection from her own child. She might feel being betrayed again in her insane state, which add more to her hate towards Erza. 

Now seeing Erza as a grown-up and looks like a replica of herself, I wonder if she’s going to try something more on Erza to get Erza’s body.

Erza: I feel like I just keep loving her more that like there’s no stop or limit. She doesn’t harbor any hate to Irene for trying to take over her body before abandoning her when she couldn’t. She acknowledged the fact that Irene’s her mother and gave her credit for giving born to her, but she doesn’t develop some complicated love-hate feelings for her suddenly. Erza knows exactly what she’s standing up for and what’s important to her, like always. She put her personal issue aside when there’s a battle in front of her that she needs to fight, like always. She’s really wonderful, so level-headed and strong-willed.

Mashima doesn’t disappoint me when he writes Erza’s character. If he can write her good fights again it will be really perfect. 

[ajerzaaddict]

FT 515

Irene’s being the creator of dragon slayer magic does sound out of nowhere when it’s first revealed but after learning the whole background I’m pretty fine with the setting.

Irene’s backstory is for explaining where the dragon slayer magic came from and how she has become who she is nowadays. She’s a character who stands alone to have her own reasons to fight against Acnologia (if she wants to). She’s related to Zeref because he changed her back into human form but she has nothing to do with END or his demons. If you think about her without her relationship with Erza, she’s just a new badass character Mashima introduced as a villain who at the same time is the one who created the dragon slayer magic. Mashima’s giving background on the dragon slayer magic and he doesn't add new meaning or new power to the magic or make Irene a dragon/dragon slayer who can overpower others dragon/dragon slayers. It’s unfair to say he forces Irene’s plot. I can actually see that he has put a lot of thoughts in coming up with Irene’s background and in making her the creator of DS magic while still keeping everything make sense. 

And honestly the plot relevance Erza’s getting from Irene’s backstory is far less than a certain someone from his father. Now all secrets about Irene are revealed, it’s only confirmed that Erza’s a daughter to a Spriggan 12. She doesn’t suddenly has a new reason to defeat or a new relationship with Zeref/END/Acnologia. She doesn't have a tied with dragons on a personal level like how some people claimed. She doesn't have a dragon as a dad, or a time traveler, or a clone, or whatever the fans speculate her to be. She’s still the same human Erza who only joins this war to protect her guild. And she doesn't get lost on her purpose when finding out who her mother is and her mother’s backstory. 

Practically nothing has changed about Erza as a character because of Irene and her backstory. Yet people still call the plot forced on Erza and said she’s a mary sue (yes again these words are the only words some people knows to use whenever Erza appears disregarding what is actually happening in the plot) because of her relationship with Irene. By such logic, every time a new character introduced to have a relationship with the existing cast is forced. And I wonder when their favorite get a background, would they complain about it being forced. 

[haoudragneel]

FT Anime

Now I badly want the anime to come back. I want Irene’s backstory to be animated right now, with all the voice acting and background music... I can feel that the anime will make it sadder than the manga. PLEASE BE BACK IN 2017, PLEASE.