Question Does Meredy deserve more credit than Lucy?

[Doughboy]

I ask cause of 2 things: 1.) it was some wild back and forth I peeped on tumblr between some Lucy fans and some others regarding who is the hero or deserves majority of the credit which the argument got dirty as usual and 2.) Hiro said he couldn't make Natsu the hero of the story due to FT only fighting for themselves and instead of fighting to save the world from Volume 61's afterword, even if in our perspective he is:

Spoiler

So who really is the hero of the story, like canonically who is it? It's either Lucy or Meredy. For the case for Lucy:

• she was the one who came up with the plan
• gave everyone orders and guided them
• deciphered the book in a short time and was the one who cast it

For the case for Meredy:

• gathered all of the continent's wizards into one power source
• without her, Acnologia would of rampaged on them after breaking through the weak ass Fairy Sphere they created
• from an in-story perspective, nobody knew what the outcome was going to be with the dragon slayers, if they won or lost or what would happen to Acnologia's physical body. Yeah we knew what would happen but they didn't

 

[Ripcord]

You can look at it in a similar way to Chiyo reviving Gaara. She deserves a ton of credit for casting the jutsu, but Naruto also gets an honorable mention because he offered his chakra to get it done. Does Naruto get most of the credit? No since he wouldn't have been able to perform the jutsu at all.

Same goes for Meredy. She made a stronger Fairy Sphere possible but she isn't responsible for it in the first place. It's true that without the supporting roles in these two cases then the spells would have failed, so Meredy is a close second IMO.

 

[Invel > Zeref]

Who is the hero of the story? Obviously Acnologia for being as idiotic and underwhelming as possible.
The second hero would be Hiro Mashima for giving Acno an unexplained weakness to Fairy Sphere.


If I had to choose between Lucy and Meredy, I'd say both. Everyone who was necessary for Acno's defeat (Gray, Erza, and even Juvia) should be considered a hero of the story so I don't see the point in trying to pick between Lucy and Meredy because they were both needed for the plan to work.

 

[Gabo]

Without Lucy they would not have been able to generate the Fairy Sphere from the beginning and there would have been nobody to do something.

Meredy was rather a great support, but here is more an action of 2, where Lucy was first of the Idea, and Meredy the final support, but ultimately, has more value of the Idea and The one that was creating the Spell, because after all, without her, Meredy's help would have been of no use.

So no, Lucy is more important than Meredy, does not detract from the pink haired mage, but without the initiative of Lucy no one would have found how to defeat Acnologia

 

[Arjuna]

Both were necessary.Without Lucy no one would have thought about Fairy Sphere.And without Meredy they would not have gathered enough magic power to keep the Fairy Sphere.

 

[Crescent Jinx]

If we could only make Meredy a guy then tumblr would have made this moment a ship moment.

I dunno why this is an argument when Hibiki + Lucy did UM in OS; Juvia + Lucy did unison raid in ToH; Lucy + Yukino closed gate in Gmg

Usually Lucy is set up with a partner for some arc..... Instead of Brandish paired with Command T; it was Meredy + World who increased Lucy's spell power..... And Lucy's move was more epic with Meredy because she used all these people we haven't seen in forever - giving a greater sense of "Magnitude" to Acnologia's defeat cuz otherwise.....Mavis had FairyHeart plus the bonds of the guild members back on tenrou island.... And this fairy sphere had to be more powerful then what Mavis did..... So with the whole world contributing, it makes more sense.

Plus Natsu needed the power of all dragon slayers. Wendy was the one who enchanted him with them....Meredy is like that, given a specific role in making Fairy sphere more powerful. Also the way fairy sphere was executed was better with both Lucy and Meredy + others being invaluable pieces of puzzle.

And..... @Doughboy "I peeped at tumblr..." That's like after Mufasa warned Simba not to go to one place in the whole kingdom and what does Simba do?... "Hey let's go to the elephant grave yard!" These situations are comparable.

 

[Lord Ainz]

Meredy would have no magic spell to boost if not for Lucy so no she doesn't

 

[Cosmicstar]

The only way Meredy spell would work is if Everyone in Fiore contributed their magic. Thus everyone was important in casting Fairy Sphere. Meredy played a small role in linking everyone but that only contributed in allowing others to contribute their power. I wouldn't say Meredy was more important than Gray, Juvia, Erza or anyone else.

 

[Raven]

Mashima made everyone a hero but Natsu and Lucy got a bit more of that.