User blog comment:B214/Chapter 474 ranting/@comment-25111584-20160222140821

As an Ultear fanboy, I'll obviously try to defend her return. But the bias is there, so take it as you will. /o/
 * Ultear didn't die. Her Spell blatantly failed to work properly.
 * Ultear's MP was never stated to have been diminished.
 * We still haven't been told whether it is even permanent. Or whether it is a simple Thought Projection. Or whether... well, we haven't been told anything yet. However, assuming it is a permanent return, we have no idea how she recovered.
 * Simply because a character disappears doesn't mean their return is to be immediately condemned. And exactly how does this in any way demean Ultear's departure? It was certainly great. At that point, there actually wasn't any hope of her return. It was definitely a sorrowful event.
 * We might get a proper explanation. Maybe about CrimeS (and Gray?) working together. And why wouldn't they, considering how dear she is to them? Sure, one could argue that letting Ultear be might have been a better decision considering she had obtained peace. However, we don't know what her say in the matter is, so, again, we should wait.

There are also differences with Aquarius' departure and return. Tbh, I'd say that it is Aquarius' departure which was handled terribly, while I find her return to be quit satisfactory. Especially the fact that it gives Lucy a goal to strive towards:
 * The departure was overly melodramatic. All that crying and sobbing and I was simply counting the number of ways in which they could easily attend tea parties together again.
 * I refuse to believe that Lucy is the first person to ever summon the CSK. Which obviously means that Aquarius' key would respawn some day or another. Sure, it could be a century later, but, considering we now know that it is a year, there was no need for Aquarius to not inform Lucy about this (obviously Aquarius knew). Not to mention that the waterfall of tears was completely unnecessary. In contrast to Ultear's situation, where her return was supposedly impossible.
 * Her departure completely degraded Lucy's character, while Gray considered Ultear a saviour and refused to let her sacrifice be in vain. Plus, while this is speculation so ignore if you wish, I strongly believe that Jellal's somewhat forceful and bold attitude with OS is a result of Ultear's letter. ._./

There are also differences with Simon's (hypothetical) return:
 * He is dead. Not simply old. Manner of death hardly matters, whereas the fact that Ultear's aging was due to a Spell misfire is important.
 * Nobody is actually trying to revive Simon...
 * We have no reason to believe that an antagonist will revive him. We have every reason to believe the heroes will try to have Ultear recover.
 * Simon can be compared to Silver, but I can point out some differences here too, if anybody wants... I have too much free time. .-.

Sure, we might simply get told that Ultear's Spell misfired so badly that the aging was temporary. In which case, feel free to rant. In fact, even if the explanation is somewhat more complex, feel free to rant if it is still BS. I'll join you. (Actually, maybe not 'cuz I'm too happy to see her back. :P) However... wait until we get a clearer grasp of the situation. Just my opinion though. I can definitely understand why one would want to rant about the return of a character in FT, which betrays a sickening lack of death of significant characters. ._./

As for Grultear vs. Gruvia... Good! \( ^_^)/ Let Gruvia fans get insecure. 'Tis a ship which should be utterly smashed and banished to the depths of hell, left to rot forever. I want Gray to die alone, but I wouldn't mind supporting Grultear if it means Gruvia can be destroyed. I wouldn't mind supporting GrayxBob or even Grayza if it meant Gruvia can be killed. \( ^_^)/