User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 410: Memento Mori, Review./@comment-4449950-20141123060745/@comment-25111584-20141124204858

@Nick:
 * No worries, glad to get that misunderstanding out of the way. And, again, sorry if the bulletins annoy you, but I just like the format. ^^
 * Ah, well, the arrogance part would be personal interpretation. As far as I'm concerned, Gray is definitely not being arrogant:
 * He has, what, one battle after gaining IDSM? Tempesta, who he said would be quick and he was. All evrybody says for the fact that he'e being cocky is that he'll destroy Tartarus. Well, Doranbolt said it too (or was it 'must' and there's a translation mistake?), but I consider it to be more of a resolve than arrogance. Neither Doran, nor Gray has said they'll do it alone.
 * Gray called out for Natsu's help the moment Mard went Etherious, he didn't try to go at him alone. Neither has he been trying to fight all by himself. He's actually gave Natsu a chance to hit Mard with the combo technique. All he has said is that Mard wouldn't be unharmed if he got one of his techniques to hit him, nothing about an OHKO. For me ... I can't really understand why he's being called arrogant.
 * But then, I tend to look at characters in a positive light, even my hated ones (yeah, even Erza). For example, I never called Jellal arrogant, though I can understand why many people would. For me, all three have just shown a good deal of resolve. ... Actually, Jellal is the only one who said he doesn't want any help among the three. XD
 * Ummm, that panel just shows the two weapons changing directions to perfectly hit the guards. And don't forget that Erza's friends are also on the other side of the battlefield. The number of weapons she is manipulating, all of them going at speeds great enough for the guard to not be able to evade them or defend themselves, yet not losing control of even one of them so that it goes crashing back towards her friends ... I would hardly say that's not a high level of proficiency. Also, don't forget that she didn't even know any Magic at that point, unlike all others except for Mira, but she's a different case. Still ... you might want to see my response to FTGM about the Telekinesis thing.

@FTGM:
 * I know. :P But I still stand by the fact that it's a part of her Sword Magic or Requip. She was shown moving tools only in the anime, but the anime also had her Requip a fishing rod (Happy actually). And if we're going by Magic, then the seal that appeared when she performed the 'Kyaaaa' attack was her Requip seal. Not to mention that Heaven's Wheel Armor and Circle Sword heavily support this. The armour allows her to have better control over her weapons. It would be quite a stretch to say that it improves their telekinetic ability, now wouldn't it? Erza has also never been shown moving anything but weapons, and moving objects is not always Telekinesis, especially if it is related to one's basic Magic so closely. But, well, if the wiki has decided, I don't really want to be the one to start an argument or appear to be nagging. So, yeah. ( ._.)
 * Stuck to regular swordsmanship? Well, that point doesn't really work if you consider her 'Telekinesis' to be an aspect of her Sword Magic or Requip, which her swordsmanship supplements. But, still, if you do stick with Telekinesis:
 * She uses Circle Sword quite a lot. Right in the beginning against Eisenwald. Pandemonium. And many more. It's considered a Sword Magic Spell, but, well, if the weapon things is Telekinesis, then ... yeah. ( ._.)
 * Thunder Palace
 * The only reason she won against Midnight was because of her Telekinesis. When Midnight tried to attack her by using Spiral Pain or just bending the earth around her to crush her, his vulnerability would allow Erza to telekinetically attack him with her weapons.
 * Despite all this, even if it is Telekinesis, it doesn't change the fact that she used it proficiently on her first try. Slaughtered the whole Magic Corps of the ToH with a load of weapons flying around at such speeds that nobody could evade them or defend themselves, yet didn't lose control of even one of them such that not even one of her friends was hurt. So the precedent still stands.
 * Cana and Wendy failed? Do you mean Fairy Glitter against Bluenote and Sky Drill against Chelia? Their Spells were flawless, it's just that their opponents were too powerful. They didn't fail in mastering the Spell. And they're Spells, not Magic, so not really counting them. ... And, ummm, what does Wendy actually have to do with this?
 * Ummm, Gray is using it with ease, but I wouldn't say he's gone Natsu. He's not trying to hog fights or telling people to stay out of his way. I don't get why people think he's not thinking things through. After getting IDSM, he only OHKOed Tempesta. After that, it's Mard. And he asked Natsu to team up with him the moment Mard went Etherious. He also hasn't given up on Ice-Make. And, because there's no inner monologue in the battle, people might think this Chapter was just a slugfest, but:
 * Mard's flight gives him a great advantage in that most of Natsu and Gray's moves are melee while Gray's ice also has to work against gravity. He can also easily dodge their moves. Not to mention that his moves like Dea Yggdrasil will have gravity helping them.
 * What Gray and Natsu have to do is try to bring him to the ground.
 * Most of his attention would be focussed on Gray as he is the IDS. Gray used that to show as if he was throwing a technique at Mard, but he dodged it. What he didn't realize was that Gray actually used it to elevate Natsu to his level, giving him the chance to land a direct hit on Natsu, when none of their attacks could connect before.
 * This is quite a nice technique, wouldn't you say? Something that Gray would do, lending his support to his teammate so that he can strike. So how has Gray gone Natsu? This is his first real fight after getting IDSM, after all. And there hasn't be any BS. Not saying it won't happen in the future though. >.> But, for now, it's more like people assuming that will happen rather than it happening. Just like people assumed he wouldn't be using Ice-Make.