User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 368: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-24467372-20140126164811/@comment-94.54.115.222-20140126224811

Heaven's Game was just a way for him to spend his time. There was one thing that didn't go as Jellal planned. Natsu eating Etherion. Before that he was dominating everyone and all was going according to plan. Of course he lost at the end but he was meant to. This is FT. No arc ends with villains winning here. He had amnesia,how could he know Brain was the one who taught him? Another lame plot device. Let's count the things he's done. 1-Manipulated the council to do his bidding and firing Etherion by creating an alternate personality. He deceived the council and Erza alike(Erza is one of the smartest people in FT) 2-He alone figured out that there was a second person who used the Eclipse Cannon. He sent Ultear and Meredy to Natsu's rescue He foresaw the Dragon Invasion and brought in Cobra. If it wasn't for him; Natsu would be dead. The Rock Dragon that Blue Pegasus was fighting would be roaming free and that would tip the scales for F.Rogue's side. You've seen what a Dragon's Roar can do. Imagine one dragon roaming Crocus freely. Yeah,that's what Jellal's intelligence prevented.

He is by far the smartest guy around. The fact that Ultear managed to manipulate him after he was tortured brutally(a 12 year old boy getting tortured while being a slave) doesn't make Jellal stupid.

And him having a guilty conscience doesn't have anything to do with intelligence. He wasn't brain washed,he did what he did. He killed Simon.