User blog comment:Wrath022/Chapter 517: Wendy Belserion, Review/@comment-24489996-20170117142631/@comment-25111584-20170119164302

Eh, disagreed. Erza has only had greater screentime than usual in the PL, OS, Edolas and AE arcs. It's justified in the first because she was the de facto pro tem leader of the Guild. The second was Jerza stuff, which I'd consider unnecessary and useless due to my biases, but others certainly wouldn't. The third used her to present a philosophical debate (whose conclusion I consider horseshit, but that's just an opinion).

In fact, I'd argue that she (and Gray) had (t)he(i)r screentime hogged by Natsu in the ToH arc. The final battle should have been an epic 3v1 a la Lullaby except the opponent this time would actually push them to their limits. Instead of the Natsu wank (which was still pretty cool to see considering it was still early in the manga) that we actually got.

She has also fought the second strongest members only in the ToH, OS, and Edolas arcs. Hardly a trend...

As for the current arc, I'd agree that she's getting a lot of screentime, but I can't complain considering her actions, while somewhat foolhardy (ignore her, "Trust Natsu!"), are actually bearable. Unlike Mashima's other chosen few to wank like Natsu and Wendy. Heck, all the bullshit in this battle has either come from Irene's or Wendy's side (till now).

Not to mention that properly using Erza in the screentime she is provided is far better than wasting panels on characters Mashima has no interest in and no idea what to do with. Like Gray and Lyon, who were proven to be callous retards during the battle for Hargeon, with the former's overall actions till now actually proving detrimental to FT's war effort... Meanwhile, Rogue proved literal fodder for Sting, who got wanked to high heaven at the cost of at least Kagura. I'd dearly love to see characters like Mira and Minerva get more attention, but I dread the half-arsed stuff Mashima will produce far more. .-. The problem isn't Erza being Mashima's chosen one, but Mashima actually having a chosen few. I don't see why Erza should be singled out. ._./

I definitely dislike/hate Erza, but the mentioned analysis only seems like a hater flailing around to find reasons to pile on the hate... As if that's necessary. :P