User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 522 & 523: Gray's Trump Card & Is Destiny Burning, Review/@comment-130.105.140.184-20170218075015/@comment-25111584-20170218115949

Yeah, no. There's a massive difference between a parent-child relationship and the relationship Zeref shares with the Etherious. Zeref most certainly can be held partially responsible for the acts of his Etherious.

Not supporting the anon, just pointing out. ._./