User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail's Ending/@comment-4449950-20140626081503/@comment-4829046-20140626164812

It's nice to see such fine comments :) but let me just say this -

I don't really distinguish between "helping and healing" and "redemption" as such. It depends on the context. Seeing too much of either gets boring(same with any concept). Some people just need to be there with no redemption where all help leads to nothing but pain and still makes the audience feel sad about them.

Also believe me when I tell you but after seeing soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many harem series it will take a LOT more than the current behaviour Gray has towards Juvia to make me even think of it as seriously romantic in nature. Same goes for NatsuXLucy. In harem series where a single offering of a hand to stand up initiates a crush at times, you get really tired of that crap and wish for more meaningful and ROMANTIC implications. Saving someone is a form of love but not all love is deemed "romantic". You can provide the same love you would offer a family member to even someone who is just a friend and it would not be romantic. A series like FT where the entire guild is like family speaks for itself. Gray's concern for Juvia falls in love but not romantic in the sense that he wants to be with her as a life-partner. I myself am writing a story where the MC tries his best to just be a good friend,extended family member and role model to people that need his help but ends up causing many to crush on him, making him seriously uncomfortable and eventually developing a (comical)trauma towards people falling for him and trying to flirt with him. All in joke context though, but the joke hides the serious implications of it since he himself knows he can never have a partner and thus while wanting to protect others with his life, he doesn't want to fall for anyone.