this story is wonderful & it's capable of working & being expored due to their individual personalities. mc having trauma & a stubborn streak because that's all he knew & has been lackadaisical with, ml who's pushy & knows how to enforce boundaries, mc's crush & ml's crush - this whole story was frankly only able to be written because of how they are. ntm, this story has quite a few parts where you have to read in between the lines to truly understand the love between them. the moments i dislike & thought was unnecessary, i.e ml stating he's glad mc never confessed, 'else his crush would've accepted him - i knew, it was obvious his crush would've, i j didn't like it being a topic explored here. despite that, it's v "realistic" & it's understandable for ml to ask & broach the topic with mc's crush - it's v on-brand for him to do so due to his more subtle, subtle & "quiet" (not really, lol) possessiveness of mc. it's kind of balanced because mc finds out ml's crush also considered being together with ml too, & if ml had confessed, truly likely ml's crush would've given him another chance as well - but i j disliked it when it felt like they were moving on past that. other moments too - its frustrations & all are frankly realistic considering all of the characters' backgrounds & personalities. i j wish we got to see more happiness & them moving forward in life
i looove her getting more powers omg... & i love yukino. she's a deary & very lovely, but if mashima gives her every power lucy has so easily, i'm gonna start growing some irrational resentment towards her. lucy is the main character who's constantly evolving throughout hundreds of chapters, yet she's being one-upped by a supporting who barely appears in fights in less than... what? 10 chapters? it feels downright disrespectful & mocking towards lucy, idk, especially when you remember her roots of wanting to be in fairy tail & how hard she's worked to be "worthy" of being in fairy tail's strongest team. + i'd j freaking hate it if lucy haters get another reason to dog on lucy for & to call her weak. if mashima gives yukino this power as well, he'd be the same as lucy haters who j dismiss & chuck out of the window all of lucy's struggles & hard work, which would be crazy because HE created all of lucy's struggles & hard work









j trynna wank, ends up knowing a major plan for rebellion, gets caught wanking some more...