User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/Why Lisanna is Fairy Tail's worst character~/@comment-1839664-20140105091858/@comment-4449950-20140105111542

Mkay, my reply won't be that long (I think) because most of this is getting into subjective viewpoints.

The love thing: I agree that love is not the main focus of the series, but that doesn't distract from the fact (for me) that Natsu and Lisanna haven't interacted AT ALL apart from that one scene after her return. Only in the anime have I seen this happen. In fact, any time Lisanna is shown with anything to do with Natsu, Lucy always comes in and steals the spotlight - I'm thinking of the time Natsu was set on the SClass exam and Lisanna was talking to Lucy. In the end it was Lucy who wished Nastu good luck. However, to be honest, the "love" side of this is not what I wanted to focus on anyways.

As for your main argument, that Mira and Elfman wouldn't be exciting anymore... I have to argue against this. I know this is getting very subjective, but I find the same thing has happened to many characters. Look at Gray, Levy, Juvia, Cana. They (and more) have had their major part of the story told (minus Levy, who has not received much spotlight at all) yet they are still incredibly loved characters. Why is this? Well, it's because they are still appearing in the story: they still play a role and fight and because this is a shounen and the fights are the main focus, they stay as prominent characters. Would Elfman and Mira still fight if Lisanna wasn't back? Yes, I still argue that they would have done the same in the SClass arc and in the GMG arc. Especially Mirajane. As such, to me they would still be loved and be considered prominent characters. Look at people like Laxus and Gildarts. Especially in Gildarts' case, their fights are far fewer than the prominent Team Natsu fights, but they still are loved even so because they get one or two awesome fights per arc. Looking at Mira and Elfman, I feel they would be the same.

In fact (VERY subjective here) having Lisanna around annoys me with their story more than makes me like them. I say this because I find Lisanna is ALWAYS (and only nowadays) used as the damsel in distress to lure the two into action - see the Tartarus arc right now for a perfect example. It's why I'm so pumped for Mira's story right now - she is being greatly involved in the arc so far without Lisanna, and I think it's great writing on Mashima's part that has kept her interesting. On the other hand, I'm rolling my eyes at the Elfman scene, and as Umy brought up in his article in the SM, putting the Elfman and Lisanna together was just BEGGING for something to go wrong. It was sloppy, and I'd much prefer to see Mashima being more creative rather than going "Oh, I need Elfman to fight, better put Lisanna is a dangerous spot."

As for the quote, meh. It wasn't an important part of my argument, I just felt like justifying that Lisanna would have something to convey to Natsu.