The thing is… my issues with Natsu are about 30% related to Natsu as a person and about 70% being annoyed as all get out with Mashima's BS writing and Ultrump10's BS follow up of that.
Natsu as a person has done some really unlikable things. I'm talking things like publicly humiliating Gajeel in front of the entire country on live television just to make himself look cool. Things like leveling a town and probably killing some people in the process and then just grinning and saying "oops" and running away from the army again. Things like ditching Lucy, clearly knowing what he did was wrong, and basically refusing to apologize. Things like that. But on the whole, he's a character I want to like. It's really hard to like him, though, because while some bad behavior could be excused now and again (because god knows I like characters who've done much worse shit), the way Mashima and Ultrump10 actually presents Natsu leaves pretty much everything to be desired.
Because the thing is… Natsu is one of the worst examples of a Gary Stu I've ever seen in fiction. Everybody loves him, and anybody who doesn't automatically love him is instantly branded a douchebag by the narrative and has to be shown How Very Wrong They Are before we're through with them. He never suffers any consequences for any of the dumb shit he does. Level a city block because somebody pissed him off while he was shopping? Welp, the guild and/or Lucy will absorb the financial cost, no worries! Burn down Domus Flau and get forgiven only because the King has an inexplicable soft spot for the guy who literally mugged him and stole his clothes once? Welp, guess he'd better set the royal palace on fire less than 24 hours later just to make a point!
And because he suffers no consequences, he never grows. He's absolutely static, as a character, and in some regards has actually regressed in his bad behavior, but he's still hailed as this Big Damn Hero by everyone. And Ultimate10 never bothers to rectify or even address his flaws. Heck, He doesn't even refer to Erza Suelet .
But you gotta have issues with Atomix and Waybig, Right? Double Standards about making a character lose is a big issue that needs to be addressed. Balance is respectable but double standards aren't.
Worse still is what Hiro has (most accurately, in my opinion) dubbed "narrative fellatio." Screen time and development for other characters is sacrificed for the sole purpose of giving Natsu more screen time and chances to be the star. The biggest and most glaring example is the Tower of Heaven arc, which spends the entire arc going into excruciating detail about Gray's bond with Erza, how they met, how they became friends, how protective he is of her and how he responds to the sight of her in tears. Seriously, Mashima makes a huge deal out of this. And then in the eleventh hour, who's the one standing beside Erza to face Jellal, pitching a fit about seeing her cry? Not Gray. Natsu. Same with how he usurps what should have been Wendy's place in having the final scene with Mystojellal, among other things. Same with how Lucy and Makarov were the ones to defeat Jacob Lessio, Natsu had next to nothing to do with any of that, yet he's the one lauded with the "This is Fairy Tail! This is Natsu!" hero-headlines at the end of the chapter while everyone stands around and applauds. And it also shows in little things, , Porlyusica runs up to a fatally-wounded Brandish all in a rush, but rather than her concern being for the dying woman right in front of her, she's all panicked about how she misdiagnosed Natsu.
So what it boils down to is that… as a person, Natsu is reasonably likable. He has some really atrocious habits and has never shown any inclination to curb his temper, but he's got a good personality otherwise, and he's somebody I wouldn't mind getting a beer with, you know? But the bad parts of Mashima and Ultrump10's writing are at their absolute worst when it concerns Natsu, and that rubs off on my opinion of the character.
TL;DR– Logically I know that flaws in the writing isn't Natsu's fault, but he suffers for it, and my ongoing rage at the writing influences how I see him. Some people can separate the garbage writing from the character that results, but I just can't. That's a personal issue, arguably a personal failing. I try to keep the two separate in my mind as much as I can, but there's definite bleed-over from one to the other.
Ultrump10 has literally turned Ben 10 into Natsu and Erza's fanboy. He has turned a hero of another fandom as a tool, An offering for the Fairy Sues. In stories people are supposed to learn new things, They don't need to develop Aesop Amnesia to make other side of crossover feel better. Ultrump10 has created the entire plot of his story to praise and worship his Fairy Tail fetish. Feel free to do it, Ultrump10 but you can't # # with other side in the name of this Balance game. If you are prejudiced to one side, Be frank and admit it to people's face. Don't use the fairness and balance logic into weapons.
And Ultrump10 if you can't be fair to Ben Tennyson fine, At least make Fairy Tail fights believable. Seriously, The Phantom lord arc was total BS in your story. I would rather read about pokemon instead of getting hammered with your utter fanservice crap. Omniverse Invasion atleast wrote a few remarkable battles and was somewhat believable . But Ultrump10, You gotta drink coffee before writing your stories. You seem to be write in your dreams while having a threesome with Erza and Natsu. Seriously, Get a life dude. There will be people who don't like that sort of crap.
Sorry for disliking this UF fans, some people on this site have actual standards on this site. You don't have it because you are only here to praise Ben 10 mockery and Utter Fairy Tail fanboyism. Ben 10 doesn't need to win all the time but I am tired of Ultrump10 turning this into his weapon so he can shove his lazy, prejudiced and unoriginal ( Not bad, remind you)
Ultrump10 if you are real man, And if you really think of yourself as J K Rowling of this site, Try pulling this BS on Naruto, Bleach, Dragonball Z fandom. What's the fun in only bullying the minority, Show your strength against the strong