User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 427: Pitched Underground Battle, Review and Commentary/@comment-31.132.65.54-20150408015850/@comment-31.132.65.54-20150408182737

Ultear was never useless, she was influencing the story since the beginning. She never was one of those female characters (which names I won't be mentioning) that only get spotlight when their love interest does something relevant. And her magic can be tide turning like it was at Tenrou or the end of GMG. If Ultear was present in Sun Village or the fight with Tartaros, melting that ice or stopping FACE wouldn't be a problem. I would actually like if Ultear was with Zeref. If her magic is too powerful to be kept on the good guys side and constantly used as a deus ex machina, then maybe she should change sides. My only concern is, even if that would happen it will be another sappy story that would make her surrender and help Fairy Tail again :(