Template:RavenCoven/October 2015

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Yaho~ how are you guys? Did you have a magnificentawesomesexycreeptastic Halloween? I hope you did. I did too, considering-
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*a loud knock on Raven's door can be heard*

TRICK OR TREAT?

Huh?

TREAT IT IS THEN. THIS MONTH IT'S JELLAL'S TIME BITCHEZ~

*says Carrot as she begins raiding and vandalizing Raven's house, despite choosing treat. Sad thing is, she also eats Raven's favorite freshly baked lava cookies, and she doesn't look remorseful in the least*

Well, what can you do ( ._.) let's begin the damn article guys~

DESIGN Jellal has a very animu appearance. It is very unique, but remains unrealistic by real life standards. He has blue hair ( a trait he shares with Juvia), and has a tattoo on his face since he was a kid, with no mention as to what it means or how and why he got it. According to Rave fans, though, it's supposed to be a nod to a character in Rave Master, so I'll let it slide.
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As for his stylistic choices; while in the council as Siegrain, Jellal donned a simple white suit and pair of pants. Then in the Tower of Heaven he had a really nice hoodie which I'd really like to own, but then he switched to his lame and gay battle outfit ( .___.) I really hated that one, and thought it looked ridiculous. His outfits post-CS creation are really nice too, and they also have armor involved, probably they are designed for a fight.



All in all, Jellal's design is great and all, but if I had to complain, I feel like his personality and appearance don't really match? I'd expect him to look more like Rogue, or Gray, or someone with a less crazy design, given his quiet and modest personality.

9/10 Pretty unique

PERSONALITY

Jellal's life in a nutshell: He was taken by a Zeref cult as a boy, forced to work as a slave. Then he became a leading figure despite his age, setting up a resistance against his captors, until he was taken prisoner and brainwashed into becoming a Zeref follower himself.

After he is beaten down, presumably dies, returns with amnesia and goes through the same things as more or less every soap opera protagonist ever, he finally regains his memories, turns himself in to the authorities, and later forms his own guild, aiming to stop Zeref at all costs. At the same time he tries to right all his past wrongdoings.

Sounds pretty big, right?

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Yeah, but hear me out.

Despite his huge character journey I'm on the fence when it comes to Jellal's personality. On one hand, the trait of his I love is that he doesn't make excuses like "I was being controlled" to escape the things he's done, and actually faces the consequences of all of his actions. It goes to say how good and honest of a person he really is on the inside. I've also said how I love CrimeS for actually getting shit done without considering themselves heroes. On the other hand though... I really hate the "good guy turns bad, but not really" trope that's often used, Jellal also being a victim of that. Shit happens, and sometimes good people turn bad or make bad choices. I'd rather see Jellal realizing that he lives in a fucked up world and decides to join Zeref himself before eventually ammending, instead of making it all about Ultear brainfucking him and leaving him with no choice on the matter, before Erza "brings him back to the light".

Speaking of which, why is Jellal considered such a dark individual anyway? Sure, he has questionable allies, but what's the darkest thing he's done ever since he escaped Ultear's grip...? Literally NOTHING comes to mind.

Also, he loses a few points for being so "dark and mysterious", which quite frankly comes off as being emo. Also, he really doesn't look like his younger self in any way. I understand he did some growing up, but he lost most of his positive personality traits, like his optimism, or I dunno, ability to smile.

I guess the best word to describe Jellal is just...

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6/10 Eh

ABILITIES

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Jellal's magic is pretty awesome. He mainly utilizes heavenly body magic, which revolves around astronomical objects, like meteors, stars and other stuff. It's flashy, it's fast and overall it is pretty damn awesome. Jellal is also a powerhouse at many other types of magic, involving Fire Magic (deciding Natsu's victory against Zero), other elemental Magic, Dark Magic (in the past), and many, many more. In fact he may have displayed the widest range of Magic in the anime and manga so far, which is pretty awesome.

Overall I'd say he is a jack of all trades, specializing mainly in Heavenly Body Magic. We haven't seen him fight that much in the manga, but what we've seen so far is pretty promising.

HIS BIGGEST POWER THO, IN CASE YOU FORGOT, IS GROPE ERZA AND REMAIN ALIVE TO TELL THE TALE

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HERE'S 'THE PROOF.

9/10 Damn!

SIGNIFICANCE TO PLOT/ROLE IN THE MANGA

Initially, Jellal was a supervillain, also used to demonstrate Erza's tragic past that made her be so reserved and closed up in personality. He was pretty awesome at that. After that he became a very reliable ally, and right now he's the most expected character to return, since he always does something big whenever he appears. I'd say his role in the story is pretty important, since he is the heroes' "trump card", and also a main character's love interest though I could care less about that tbh.

8/10 Very important since the beginning.

To sum up, as a character Jellal scores...  8/10???? Are you kidding me? >___> I don't even know how this can be. I can't give him any lower in any of the categories, but I don't think he should be the 1st best rated character either... well, what can ya do ( ._.) I guess he deserves it?
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Fairy Tail wiki: HELL NO!

Carrot:

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I guess that settles it ^_^;

Time to see what the others think about Jellal! I think the community's gonna be torn on this one.

You lost yours! What's with this uninteresting input?

Same as your reviews, 2 years ago :/

I see where you're coming from.

And God, that's 4 words >_>

The anime established he is not, so joke's on you :P

RIGHT? He can be kind of a Mary Sue...

And that's about it for this month's coven. What about next month's issue?

Choose a supervillain! Zero/Brain Zeref Purehito/Hades Mard Geer