~The moment during Alvarez when Natsu's life was in danger from fighting Zeref, and his book was beginning to disintegrate~
Editors: Make Lucy plot-reliable all of a sudden...
Mashima: But what about Freed or Levy?
Editors: Levy needs to tend to Gajeel for more ship purposes, and Freed is a minor character.
~Though, being that the text that Zeref used was of an ancient rune text, Lucy, nonetheless, was able to read it flawlessly~
Editors: Have her use those special glasses..
Mashima: ...But it's not like the TARDIS, it isn't going to just magically translate ancient as fuck language...
Editors: But NALU moments for the fansss!
~Natsu is dying, so, as the text of his book is vanishing by the second, Lucy takes it upon herself to instantly be able to write 'exactly' what she read and more in a language she has no knowledge of~
Mashima: So... Natsu is supposed to be saved by Lucy... who doesn't read ancient as fuck laguange... or can write it...
Mashima: But I had a realllyyy good moment with Erza, like she hears Natsu died because of Zeref, and she and Gray cry and yell out for him being a hypocrite and what not... I was thinking that maybe their collective wishes and beliefs, from Fairy Tail and the other Guilds cou--
Editors: NaLu moments. PLUS we need Erza to look after Jellal. Make sure he's retarded as fuck so she has no choice but to worry. Also an accidental Wendy sandwich if possible.
Mashima: Fucking fine... \\I'll just make sure Erza-chan rushes over to Natsu, leaving Jellal god knows where...\\
~As the story neared the ending of the manga, it was finally time to tie up all those 'heavily built' romances that of course, was important and the only reason most people bothered with Fairy Tail~
Editors: Mashima, why isn't Erza with Jellal in this last chapter?
Mashima: WELL, you guys kept asking me for NaLu moments.. and GaLe... and GruVia... and I just couldn't squeeze it in. BUT she brushed her hair.
Editors: Of course! Because Jellal always admired her red hair. Mashima, you're a genius! n___n
Mashima: \\...Actually she's prettying herself up for Natsu-boy since everything's all squared away finally... and they’re off on that 100 Year Quest... butttt fine if they wanna think that\\
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When you write a manga storyline that your editors disagree with and the need to please ‘fans’.