User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-1153699-20150601171105/@comment-3290324-20150602182823

You misunderstand. I’m not saying that Laxus isn’t stronger than Erza. I’m saying that he’s not vastly superior to her as you seem to suggest. Your main argument for both this argument and the previous one seems to be Feats and Portrayal. You ask if we completely ignore feats and portrayal on the site. The short answer? No. We don’t. But, as I mentioned, it’s been my job (and the job of many others on this site) to methodically detail and categorize every aspect of this series for close to five years. So, while we don’t ignore feats and portrayal, we understand that in shonen manga in general this is usually highly inaccurate. It’s even more inaccurate in Fairy Tail because Mashima is horrible at consistency with powers and power levels. Throw in “Nakama Magic” and this skewers even more. Since Erza is a big part of our discussion here, I’ll use her for example. In the Grand Magic Games, Erza defeated 100 monsters by herself. All of those monsters were very powerful. 1 monster, in fact, was said to be so powerful that even one of the Ten Wizard Saints might not defeat it. So what do you think that would mean for Erza who not only defeated that monster but 99 other powerful monsters simultaneously? Another example. When Erza defeated Azuma. If you go by feats alone, then you can say that Erza beat Azuma. But anyone who watched that fight will tell you that’s utter horseshit. And portrayal is even more fickle. Take Kagura for example. She was hyped to the max before her fight with Erza and we were told that if she unsheathed her sword a cataclysm would occur. And yet, Erza stopped that unsheathed sword attack like it was nothing. Do you see the issue here? To a certain extent, feats and portrayal can be used and are helpful. But as an anime fan and as a Fairy Tail fan especially, you can’t be so blind as to believe that they are foolproof.

With all that being said, I’m pretty sure neither of us are going to budge on our stance on the situation (well, I know I’m certainly not at least XD), so I don’t really see any merit in debating it any further. I’m thinking that agreeing to disagree is going to be our best bet here, lol.