been thinking and it's kinda fucked up that Lucy never rlly got closure with Jude? The last time she saw him was when she thought his life was in danger after he begged her for cash and then the next thing we hear about him he's dead, paid off her bills for 7 years and sent her a bday gift every year she was stuck on tenrou. Like give a girl some better closure please???
tbh y e a. like okay i get that it’s supposed to show that time has passed and Unexpected Things Happen but like. it feels like a death for shock value and honestly doesn’t make me feel anything for him. that’s such a terrible way to close that subplot, for starters.
also it didn’t really give lucy any sort of choice in the matter? the past interactions she had with her father were her choosing to stand up for herself and her family, and rejecting the life he expected her to have. but he sends her gifts, pays off her rent, and dies, and suddenly lucy’s like oh no :(( he really did care :((( i should have appreciated him more,,, and first off “abuser dies after showing some semblance of Change and the person they hurt feels like they have to forgive them bc they’re dead” really rubs me the wrong fucking way. second girl i get it but he ABUSED YOU.....nostalgia paired with her seeing cana and gildarts’ father daughter relationship Really affected her thoughts on him tb h
i understand that sometimes children who were abused can reconcile with their parents as adults, but goddamn. not like this
and to be honest, the writing has her ~get over it~ way too damn fast. she gets home and cries. once? then her friends invite her on a job and she’s fine. NOT that i’m saying i want her whole story to revolve around her dad, but i wish we could have seen her struggle with her feelings a bit more. because shit like that does not just Go Away
anyway yea, a better timeline maybe jude Lives but is on thin fucking ice, does his best to repair his relationship with his daughter while still keeping a respectful distance, and lucy gets to decide whether she wants to see him, and whether to forgive him or not, and is never antagonized for her decision.










