User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 369: The Place Prayers Reach, Review./@comment-4449950-20140201042053/@comment-7418318-20140201094759

"when the entire Wiki is practically against you"
 * I'd like to point out that it was not the entire wikia, or even the majority who thought Jellal was dead. Actually more people were saying he won't die. It was just that the ones who believed (or wanted) Jellal to die were more vocal in their arguments.

"I thought it was beautiful to see Jellal put them in their place and then offer them a chance, especially seeing as it was Jellal - and man we all know went through these trials himself"
 * Apart from that, Jellal was also the one who prevented them from gaining their freedom just when it looked like they had broken out of the chains of their old masters, so it's even more iconic that the "slavedriver" of all people would end up freeing them.

I couldn't agree more about Sema. Mashima outright told us it'd be about meteors already and Mashima used a very similar Sema in Rave MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO! for crying out loud.

"Add in that Jellal took out the OS (the guys who had an entire arc based on people trying to take them out) with one spell and with HIS EYES CLOSED and you can see why my Jellal is such a badass :3"
 * To be fair he pummeled Racer, Angel and Cobra quite a bit in the previous chapter and used both Grand Chariot and Sema, though it was only Midnight who remained on his feet after Grand Chariot.

"Same with Erza and her crushed legs"
 * Sorry, but no. The other guild members said she should enter this battle so badly hurt and in the middle of the fight, her injuries would have cost her life, if Jellal hadn't turned up just in time to save her. I can't believe you of all people forgot that scene of Jellal riding to Erza's rescue against the Gale-Spawn. oO

Regarding Elfman: Something is currently illuminating his face and from the angle of the light it looks like the source is in front of his chest. And with the Lacrima starting to glow and throw off beams of light, my guess is that he's still holding it.