User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail's Ending/@comment-4449950-20140626081503/@comment-4829046-20140626144738

@Nick If I gave indication of blaming him for it then that was unintentional. He goes nowhere near the clumsiness of majority harem MCs. Some have excuses, others do not and if they do, then I call bullshit after a certain number of chapters.

@anon Put yourself in his shoes. You honestly think it is an easy decision to give that "temporary" happiness knowing full well what it can lead to? The moment you confess and get really intimate everything changes from just having unspoken love. This isn't something unique to FT, it happens in all kinds of media. Just that the more sex focused media take it differently. As exceptions, take Pearl Harbour for instance. A better and more anime example would be Full Metal Alchemist.

Also Erza changed. She is way more open than before. Going back to that is character degradation. She has had so much character development since the time she suffered from ToH memories.