Fanatically Fangirling

So I said before that there might a slight time skip, I'm elaborating on why I think so.

First of all from what Hakune said, i thought Natsu and Grey would be frozen for a long time but this chapter opened up with them.

Second, where are Erza, Wendy and Carla? I thought the girls would be reunited once captured. They were no where to be seen, we have no clue what happened to them. I know some are speculating that they have been turned into Yokai just like Lucy and that's a possibility I just think its going to be something different that we never saw coming.

Third, where's happy? No one saw him, no one mentioned him and no one asked about him. It's bothering me so much!

Which brings me to forth, I'm finding it hard to believe that Natsu and Grey didn't ask about their friends. Especially happy, he was right with them. Wouldn't Natsu ask about him? So maybe something happened. Something different to every one of them and we would find out about it slowly over the course of next few chapters.

And finally fifth, Lucy. I don't believe, I won't believe that Selene and Youko can just turn her into a Yokai just like that in what seemed like a few hours. Out of everyone in team Natsu (well maybe except Wendy) Lucy would be the hardest to corrupt. When Nirvana was activated not only was she confident she wouldn't turn evil, her staying good actually helped someone else stay good. When Lisanna tried to turn her white in fighting festival, Lucy outsmarted her. She did something similar in Dragon Cry. And she wasn't phased at all when Dimera was threatening to torture her. How many evil ladies has she turned on her side at this point? She's the voice of reason in team Natsu.

So I repeat corrupting her would be the hardest.

And the way the chapter before this one went, it felt like Lucy was still conscious and Mimi acknowledged that she's capable but she lacks discipline.

I refuse to believe that Lucy wouldn't put up a fight. It's not like it's a physical fight, it's fight of her resolve. I'm guessing Selene first tried to turn Lucy (and maybe the rest of the girls as well) with promise of power and a life of partying and fun. She refused and only then would Selene had tried to force her into being a Yokai. Slowly and painfully over a long period of time.

Also Selene has Natsu fighting Lucy. It could be just a coincidence, or she could be observing them for a while, or maybe she somehow got that information from Lucy herself while she was trying to turn her evil.

Lucy would of course fight in the beginning as much as she could, but she'd eventually run out of power, out of celestial spirits, and she'd be ALONE. One thing that Lucy hates the most is being alone..she's always been surrounded by friends/spirits in the cases where she couldn't be corrupted.

Selene's voice from above (the lacrima, I'm assuming) would remind her of this and push her over the edge until she was fully corrupted.

Now she's fighting Natsu, and he would have to remind her that she's not alone!

Ooc: This is in regards to the Net Neutrality repeal. I know it’s long, but please, please read it. This is something we need to hear.

I understand that the vote on the Net Neutrality repeal is disheartening. I know it feels hopeless now, we’re all worried the worst could happen. But here is what you need to understand, what you need to remember: You cannot, cannot, give up. It’s not yet over.

I came across an article that came out during the announcement on the repeal vote. The link for it is here. I want to bring to your attention a particular paragraph:

“The good news is the internet won’t change overnight, if it all. Blake Reid, a clinical professor at Colorado Law, says the big broadband providers will wait to see how the inevitable legal challenges to the new FCC order shakeout. They’ll probably keep an eye on 2018 and even 2020 elections as well. The courts could shoot down the FCC’s order, or, given enough public pressure, Congress even could pass new net neutrality laws.”

This means that this repeal can be overturned by Congress, and the court cases that are indeed inevitable, especially how Ajit Pai handled the situation regarding the public comments. The courts could even block this repeal, just as they have with the bans the administration previously attempted. It’s going to be a long, rough road for this repeal still, and we can still fight it.

Stay vigilant, demand to know what your Internet Service Providers plan to do. You are the customer, you are giving them your money, you deserve to know. Keep putting pressure on them. If they try to do any of the things warned like bundling, tiered services; come together and show outrage, don’t let them hear the end of it until they back down. Treat this like how EA tried to do with Loot boxes.

If Americans are good at one thing, it’s raising Hell when we get slighted. Trust me, these corporations will back down when millions of their customers are angrily threatening their money. We’ve been fighting for our rights before the internet even began and succeeded, we can still fight and can still prevail yet again. They cannot take away our rights promised to us by the Constitution, no amount of money or lies can take that away from us, nor stop us from fighting.

Keep the pressure on your Congress too. Call them, email them, tell them you want them to do anything and everything in their legislative power to keep Net Neutrality alive. You cannot give up. You owe it to yourself to keep fighting. We have what they don’t: numbers. If we come together and push relentlessly, we will prevail.