Fun story? I kind of agree with you on all the points you've made, and honestly Gray is sort of my least likely to ship with Erza kind of character. xD Like, I'd think Luxus, Lucy, Loke, and Kagura have better chances than Gray does, but he's a slightly stronger muse in my head than them. I don't even bother mentioning Gajeel because he and Erza don't really interact, and he's canon confirmed to have Levy (and possibly babies soon). It's also funny because I have two folders for Gray ships, Gray x Juvia, and Gray x Crack (everyone besides Juvia).
You're also correct with Erza x Natsu (even if it's my greatest weakness), because it's probably the relationship that would go the slowest and need the most... work. Like even if the two of them were to hang out constantly they still wouldn't even realize they were dating each other, even if someone were to point it out they'd be like, "What? No, we're just friends." A relationship between them needs a huge sort of catalyst like the tower of heaven arc, or something of that nature. It could happen, but neither party are actively seeking it, and usually Natsu needs to be beaten over the head with romance for it to stick. Like Lissanna coming on super strong when they were kids was the main reason he developed a crush on her, but I'd say Lissanna as an adult doesn't really have all that much interest in him. Lucy's probably got romantic feelings for him, but Natsu is Natsu, and unless Lucy makes it painfully obvious that she wants that from him, he's not gonna get anywhere. In a Natsu/Erza scenario Natsu would probably have to be the one to seek out Erza because that's the way Erza is, and it's just not canonically very likely. TL;DR of this paragraph, Erza x Natsu is incredibly slow and not likely to get anywhere unless lots of outside modifiers push them together.
I would address Jellal x Erza, but you've pretty much summed it up perfectly. They're both sort of fail and shy with each other, so their relationship is definitely there, but almost as slow as Natsu/Erza.
So now we come down to Mira/Erza which I'm also willing to play, but it might end up slow romantically because... Erza. Sexually though, the two are... ^^; well... yeah... I think I summed it up best with Natsu where I said they basically try to top one another but they've matured past trying to do it via brawling, and do it in a more sexual bdsm context. That's not to say their relationship would be all sex, it's just it would take some transitioning for Erza's brain to realize what it was Mira wanted from her. Mirajane would probably have to pursue the relationship angle, but fortunately that's entirely plausible for Mirajane to do.
^ Have some short stories I wrote for fun on the idea of how Mirajane and Erza could possibly end up on a date together. Honestly, I don't really expect you to be all that good at writing ships, because Erza isn't very good with it herself. It's sort of a thing that she's not really with it when it comes to romance, even if she reads all sorts of trashy romance novels that Levy lends her. She's sort of socially awkward because she kept her heart encased in Armor for so long, and then opened up to the point where it confuses most people. She's a complex character and you handle her masterfully, so I think any ships that you'd be willing to try would probably still be VERY ic for Erza, and that's all I'm really looking for.
So I'm going to look at throwing in Mirajane, and she might slowly try to win Erza over because Erza's one of her few guildmates here, and she's fun even when she's the one on top. >:3 Sound reasonable?
(One final note, I'm fairly certain that Genessia is a SFW kind of comm, so I expect any sort of weird nsfw stuff the two might get up to would have to be played elsewhere if we wanted to actually play such things out rather than just letting it be assumed as to what happened.)
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You're also correct with Erza x Natsu (even if it's my greatest weakness), because it's probably the relationship that would go the slowest and need the most... work. Like even if the two of them were to hang out constantly they still wouldn't even realize they were dating each other, even if someone were to point it out they'd be like, "What? No, we're just friends." A relationship between them needs a huge sort of catalyst like the tower of heaven arc, or something of that nature. It could happen, but neither party are actively seeking it, and usually Natsu needs to be beaten over the head with romance for it to stick. Like Lissanna coming on super strong when they were kids was the main reason he developed a crush on her, but I'd say Lissanna as an adult doesn't really have all that much interest in him. Lucy's probably got romantic feelings for him, but Natsu is Natsu, and unless Lucy makes it painfully obvious that she wants that from him, he's not gonna get anywhere. In a Natsu/Erza scenario Natsu would probably have to be the one to seek out Erza because that's the way Erza is, and it's just not canonically very likely. TL;DR of this paragraph, Erza x Natsu is incredibly slow and not likely to get anywhere unless lots of outside modifiers push them together.
I would address Jellal x Erza, but you've pretty much summed it up perfectly. They're both sort of fail and shy with each other, so their relationship is definitely there, but almost as slow as Natsu/Erza.
So now we come down to Mira/Erza which I'm also willing to play, but it might end up slow romantically because... Erza. Sexually though, the two are... ^^; well... yeah... I think I summed it up best with Natsu where I said they basically try to top one another but they've matured past trying to do it via brawling, and do it in a more sexual bdsm context. That's not to say their relationship would be all sex, it's just it would take some transitioning for Erza's brain to realize what it was Mira wanted from her. Mirajane would probably have to pursue the relationship angle, but fortunately that's entirely plausible for Mirajane to do.
http://lumfan247.deviantart.com/art/Erza-s-Blind-date-605749029
http://lumfan247.deviantart.com/art/Erza-s-Blind-Date-Part-2-606023647
^ Have some short stories I wrote for fun on the idea of how Mirajane and Erza could possibly end up on a date together. Honestly, I don't really expect you to be all that good at writing ships, because Erza isn't very good with it herself. It's sort of a thing that she's not really with it when it comes to romance, even if she reads all sorts of trashy romance novels that Levy lends her. She's sort of socially awkward because she kept her heart encased in Armor for so long, and then opened up to the point where it confuses most people. She's a complex character and you handle her masterfully, so I think any ships that you'd be willing to try would probably still be VERY ic for Erza, and that's all I'm really looking for.
So I'm going to look at throwing in Mirajane, and she might slowly try to win Erza over because Erza's one of her few guildmates here, and she's fun even when she's the one on top. >:3 Sound reasonable?
(One final note, I'm fairly certain that Genessia is a SFW kind of comm, so I expect any sort of weird nsfw stuff the two might get up to would have to be played elsewhere if we wanted to actually play such things out rather than just letting it be assumed as to what happened.)