Fairy Tail fans, I have a question: Why is Jerza a good ship?
I've seen the entire show and I can't see why they're perfect for each other. Can someone explain pls?
We ship Jerza bc it perfectly shows a balance between a male and a female being for each other in good and bad, bc this is not only about a woman being save by a man, but also a wlman saving a man. This about Jellal, a kid who saw her mother killed in front of him by a dark cult, take as a slave and being force to work and being physically and mentally abuse for years, but even so, he never lose hope, he became the protector of the other childs, and in the case of Erza, he became someone to look up to, then Erza is taken to torture for something she didnt do, the slavers put her eye just for fun, and Jellal was the only one that came for her recue, the one that cried in horror when he saw ehat they did to an innocent child. But then he is captured instead of her, punished, beaten, tortured for days and then he gets magically brainwash and magical manipulated by using the hate he had in his heart against the slavers. The things people blame Jellal, was not on his own will, he was magically manipulated by Ultear (who has admitted many times on canon) and she has the back up of Hades and Brain (to powerful and skillful mages) Then Erza tries to save him, but its late, he is under the control of powerful people and she doesnt even know that, she its expelled from the island, with thw broken hurt for not being able to save the person that save her. And that is just the beggining of tgeir tragic story, when they are getting closer something bigger pull them apart, even if theire feelings are pure, the world doesnt allow them to live according to them.
No matter how many people like to blame Jellal, he is a victim of a religion cults and slavers, of magic brainwash and manipulation, a victim of Grimmoire Heart big plan in ordwe to distract the all too powerful magic council, he was a tool, a toy and a scape goat, a child alone in the world selected by luck to be a piece on a mere game between light and dark.
Erza realized this in Nirvana, when sees him again, and she doesnt sugar coat to him the things that happened in the tower, and then, the real Jellal cries, unable to believe he hurt his friends, and even so he doesnt remembers and even so he is not actually guilty, he takes responsability, he decided to carry thosw sins, and he tries to free Erza from himself, but Erza tells him that dying will not fix nothing, that he has to keep living and atone for those sins and see the future with his own eyes, she doesnt just forgive and forget and "oh my poor baby". No. She tells him to keep living and atone and he doesnt feels bad bc she tells him that, he takes those words in his heart "words that became his light" and decides to live and atone for the crimes he actually didnt do.
Then he is taking to prison, Erza doesnt want too but she is the one that makes Team Natsu and Co stop fighting with ghe rune knights, he heart is breaking but she knows is the right thing to do in that moment (that's when the Jedza is SasuSaku becomes more and more like and idiotic comparison) Erza is not a simp, she acts with logic, justice, and Jellal is the same, he accepts his destiny into prison with a smile, and dont blames anyone, but all the contrary, he is grateful Erza stop them, he is grateful with everyone.
Then he is the voice that makes Erza stand uo against Azuma in Tenrou Island, he is the one that even in a antimagical prison, underground, tortured, without food or water, he still feels she is in danger and he is able to get his voice to her, and even while receiving the electrical discharges by Nadal, he only worries about her, and she hears him & stand up, and wins and he, in the dirty floor of this antimagical prison, he smiles, bc she is safe. Then is when Azuma tells Erza that Jellal was controlled by Ultear bc of plan she had with Hades, and now she totally understand he was only a tragic victim.
Then, Ultear & Meredy take him from prison, he has his memories from TOH again and he feels nothing but guilt, even so the one who controlled him with magic was Ultear, but he decided to take those sins in his shoulders and created Crime Sorciere in order to defeat the dark gilds and darkness in general and protect the innocents from the nasty stuff he lived (his mother getting kill by a dark cult, slavery, torture).
After 7 years of working to protect people and atoning for the sins he didnt did, he re encounters with his most important person, people get mad bc of the "Im a fiance" lie, but they are unable to see that he did that bc he felt he was taking advantage of Erza's turmoil of feelings, bc she is there crying, bc shw thought she will never seeing him again, bc she now knows the true about the magical manipulation and brain control, and she has all these feelings in her, and he realized that us totally wrong to kiss her, to confuses her more, is totally wrong bc she is not in a good emotional stated, but also, bc Crime Sorciere rule was to never fall in love with the people that walks in the light, bc he doesnt deserve her, but for him Erza do deserves to be love by someone who is able to bring her happines, and he loves her so much that he decides he is not going to confuse her heart, bc he believes in freedom and Erza's heart should be free for someone able to make her happy, someone that is not a runaway convict that could bring problems to her and her family/friends, someone free to love her and able to offer her something more than sadness... he has a heart so beautifuo and his love for her is so pure that he will be happy as long she is happy, even is that means that someone else becomes Erza's partner. Those are the word he tells to Ultear and Meredy, that is why he lied, to protected her.
And then we see how the start again as friends, protecting each other, inspiring each others, whishing, hoping, dreaming about more but never trying to force the other, they never push each other, they respect their boundaries ans times to heal, they are safe around each other, they are confidence around each other. They both give words that fill them with courage, like when Erza was shaking after what happened with Kyoka and he was the one to look for her and gave her the words that make her stop shaking, the one who was there when she was giving up against the mini dragons, the one that make the day sky a night sky bc someone hurt her, the one who ones to stand up in order to protect her, the one that will face the most dangerous dragon bc that way he will be able to protect her. The one that even after 10 years, he keeps atoning the sins that were not his, and Erza is there, supporting his steps, even if those steps will never bring him to her.
But destiny can be cruel, but also is kind, bc now he and CS got the royal pardon, and now he ia free to love & even so he still wants to live his life protecting people from darkness, he now will bring that way of life close to her, he is joining FT, they will walk the same path. Now their hearts are able to stay close, and maybe with a bit more time, the love the clearly have since childhood will blossom as it should.
Their story is about tragic, about how humans can overcome the most awful situations, about the love that let the other heal, that dont push, that keeos them together even if they are far apart, about the love that bring the light and the best of each other. About how love will always win.
I understand is not a pairing that can be for everyone, I understand that people dont like them, but it is really sad to read people bashing them without even understand them.
