User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 522 & 523: Gray's Trump Card & Is Destiny Burning, Review/@comment-31.132.65.54-20170218162605/@comment-25111584-20170222181451

So... I'm assuming we're abandoning the whole out-of-universe perspective thing and focusing on Gray's and Ultear's sacrifices then? M'kay. /o/

Ultear can literally turn her crystal balls into a magic carpet... except with proper handholds and stuff. The only limitation on her speed is her Magic Power own body's ednurance.

The destruction of the Eclipse Gate is the exact same logic she used to justify Rogue's murder. ...As I mentioned above...

She uses the Arc of Time. She could have it dismantled without any problem. Just send it seven years in the past...

And the realization that she nearly killed another innocent being made her completely break down mentally. And yet you just shrug off Gray doing the exact same thing...

It is a better alternative because... it is? If she considers killing Rogue to be a good solution, why would destroying the Eclipse Gate not be a good solution? It is the exact same logic. As I mentioned...

Knock Zeref unconscious. You... aren't serious, right? Well, my reply is already in my previous post: Let his friends fight Zeref? That's not an option as any rational person would not only consider heavy casualties likely in the situation, but even victory unachievable.

You realize that Natsu's death is not the only problem, right? Zeref's defeat itself is difficult to achieve and any attempt to do so risky enough to be called suicidal. Why would Gray want his friends to take such a risk? It's the equivalent of saying that Ultear should have simply got together with everybody and killed the Dragons...

They're at war. Zeref remaining quiet doesn't mean he'll remain so. Also, discussing plans with a group defeats the purpose of his own plan. In case nobody else came up with a plan, his own would require secrecy and solitude, which he's not going to achieve by trying to stagger away from his group in his condition, especially if they're healthy and heading the same way. Gray has a chance, he takes it. It's clear that he would have succeeded too.