User blog comment:Tutles/Episode 117: Thunder Crashes Review/@comment-2106167-20120211114129/@comment-3290324-20120211134320

What Lacrima? Erza has none! Furthermore, that's bullshit and you know it, Makarov didn't hold Laxus back because of any rebellious nature or anything like that. Muscle mass and thunder in conjuction with melee does not put him ahead of her. Elfman has way more muscles than Laxus, does that put him ahead of him? Natsu can use fire in conjuction with melee attacks, is he ahead of Laxus? Erza is extremely slim yet she can lift things that are probably over 15x her size and weight, so I think it's quite obvious that "muscle mass" has nothing to do with fighting ability. All the females on the show are meant to look sexy, and if they had muscles that properly portrayed their strength then they would be hideous, something which Mashima wouldn't allow so that's a completely moot point.