User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 252: Tartaros arc: Gray vs. Silver, Review/@comment-4449950-20150926115915/@comment-25111584-20150926132849

Well, it's only one episode away, so spoilers shouldn't matter much. /o/

Silver actually did have a plan to take down Tartaros before he realized that Gray was alive (final day of GMG, as B214 mentioned). But then he realized that a clash against his son might be inevitable, what with the Cube heading to attack Fairy Tail. And then Natsu's capture. So guess he had to scrap those plans 'cuz he has to protect his son after all. Also, he said that he didn't feel that he had the right to avenge his family when he realized that a person whose opinion mattered to him existed. Don't really get the last statement, tbh.

I don't really mind Silver's role till now, but things get sketchy here. I can kinda understand why he would act this way. There are some major points to whatever plan he has to formulate:
 * Protect Gray: Most important. Well, making it obvious that he hates the boy would keep most Demons off his back as they would consider him to be Silver's prey. Also, nobody would really question him if he took Gray for a solo battle.
 * Give Gray IDSM: No other Demon Gates can be present, so solo battle necessary. With his well-known hatred for Gray, nobody should question him about this. Also, IDSM is the best protection for Gray against Demons. And it helps to further his own plan of taking down Tartaros as Gray is not dependent on Keyes and actually has Fiore's strongest Guild backing him. Plus, Tartaros has to be taken down before Face is activated, otherwise IDSM is useless. If Face is activated, Gray's death is certain as he would pretty much lose his main weapon while in the middle of a war. As a meeting with Gray is inevitable, why not?
 * Keep his identity a secret from Gray: Well, this is obvious. It's enough of a mindrape to see your father's corpse standing before you, part of one of the worst Dark Guilds known. Has committed countless evil acts, slaughtered people. The kid might actually go into depression if he realizes that these acts were performed by his own father, let alone for his sake. Of course, I dunno how he would have given Gray IDSM, but doesn't really matter as it never came to that. Thankfully for Silver, this didn't happen.

Keeping those points in mind, Silver's plan doesn't seem that bad. Of course, Silver kinda overdid it, but he realizes this too when Gray begins to cast Iced Shell. While the plan is bad for Gray in the short run, it has quite a few benefits in the long run:
 * Has the satisfaction of having avenged his family and Ur.
 * Has IDSM.
 * Most importantly, is ignorant of his father's evil acts and nobody around to tell him the truth.

Obviously, as a fanboy, I'm quite biased, but as long as I can find some interpretation that works, I's satisfied. /o/ Tbh, I wish Silver's plan had worked, but Keyes had escaped. Later story arc could have had Keyes reveal the truth to Gray. That would have been damn sweet. \( ^_^)/

I disagree with the statement that Silver was meant to be Deliora. The grave scene doesn't really make sense then. Not to mention that Silver's whole personality is not really something that befits the Demon of Destruction. And Deliora picking Silver as his vessel is a bit too convenient. ._./