User blog comment:Real Godisme/March Madness: Best Girl Final Rounds/@comment-24951162-20160318151550/@comment-7418318-20160318160320

That pretty much sums up my reasons to vote for Lucy right there (that and liking her far more).

Lucy has progressed and grown throughout the series, even though that growth did take a bit of a dent again in the current arc.

Erza... she started great and from there mostly regressed. Sure the power-scale kept climbing ever higher, but the rest went backwards. Where once she won by skill and intelligence, now it's "Because she's Erza" more often than not. This is partially offset by her fight against Ajeel I suppose, but even that fight is one that many people dislike.