User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 368: The Third Seal, Review./@comment-24467372-20140126164811/@comment-24467372-20140127163736

Okay,so... Ultear is not the mastermind. She merely took advantage of Jellal's weakest state ever.That's not intelligence. The fact of the matter is,Jellal did stuff with his own free will. His biggest mistake was thinking it was Zeref who talked to him. He wasn't entirely wrong. The magic that Ultear used and later let Jellal used has the same pattern as Rubble Demons that Hades used. And those Demons are the closest thing to "The One Magic" we've seen so far.

Levy and Mavis smarter?? Oh,okay...why?

1-Jellal deceived the council and created an evil persona and by gathering sympathy,he managed to fire Etherion. It was his idea that destroyed the council.Ultear only used her magic. I'm not gonna deny that Ultear is a very clever character too. But if you think about it,she was deceived by someone else as well. That's not a good point. Being deceived as a child doesn't effect your future intelligence 2-He figured out and questioned F.Rogue's existence and his motives. Also,he figured it out after the GMG. So,all the other characters,including Arcadios and Hisui were not busy with the GMG. And that's not a good excuse. The fact of the matter is,he figured it out. You can say "Character A" or "B" could figure it out but they didn't. It's just speculation. What's fair is to give the guy the credit he deserves.

What has Mavis and Levy done exactly? Half of the situations she predicted,she was wrong. Just because she has a title,doesn't mean she's smarter than people who actually shown their intelligence in outstanding situations.

Etherion alone is enough for him to be smarter then these guys.