User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 402: Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon, Review./@comment-1359322-20140929144423/@comment-4449950-20141001020115

Can't believe I have to explain this again...

Jellal is not going to die... at all. Ever. Not ever. I have reached a stage now where I don't even have a little voice questioning if it could be a possibility. He just will not.

First, killing him off so that Erza experiences pain is like killing off Natsu for Lucy pain, Lucy/Happy for Natsu pain, Juvia/Lyon for Gray pain, Carla for Wendy pain, Gray for Juvia pain or Levy for Gajeel pain. It is not going to happen. You said everyone in this arc had lost someone... and they have, but not their closest partner or love interest. Heck, technically Gray lost his ALREADY DEAD father, and Lucy can't talk to Aquarius, even though she is STILL ALIVE and imo could pass messages to Lucy through other Spirits. So, how is killing Jellal equal here??

Plus, Jellal has already been death-flagged so many times in the series, and it's getting old. Not to mention already being death-flagged IN THIS ARC. Please, I doubt Mashima would pull that "is he dead?" moment only to repeat it 30 chapters later.

Next is Jellal's popularity as a character. He is (whether you like it or not) incredibly popular, and important to Erza as a love interest, be it whether they get together or not. Plus, his part in the story is VERY important right now. He just beat the OS and tried to get them to join him. He needs to lead them and be their salvation, not die 30 chapters after that act and have the OS go "well, that was stupid, let's be bad again" and have Meredy left partner-less.

As for the "it's in his blood, look at Sieghart", having finally read Rave myself personally, I can say that I believe Ultear played Sieg's role in FT, sacrificing herself with time Magic to save heaps of people, and upsetting a love interest (Gray) along the way, just as Sieg did (Elie for me was a potential love interest at that point).

So, please do not continue to throw around this "Jellal is going to die" rubbish. It really makes no sense right now given the current story, or the overall story really. He is not going to die now, and he is not going to die in Fairy Tail. Fullstop.

*flips hair and walks off*