User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 500: Fire and Ice, Review./@comment-5672982-20160906083441

Kinda disappointing Invel was. He's nothing special other than being a buffed up user of Ice Magic, and his ultimate power was nothing more than becoming the Ice version of Iron Man, which of course didn't do much to Gray in the end. Had the "Winter General" used his "Ultimate Move" way, way, way eariler in a battle, this move would have been way more interesting.

And for Juvia, well, yeah, everyone and their twin should have seen this coming from 100 miles away. Like, are you really that surprised to see her alive. I'm not. Not really worth ranting over seeing this has been happening over and over again. None of the guild will ever die, whether its needed or not for development. Only characters that die in the series are characters connected to the guild, such as Silver, Igneel, rest of the Dragon parents, Ur, etc, etc, etc.

Also, thinking Irene, August and Larcade can do anything? Like really? They are nothing but tools used to hype themselves up for the first time, show some "amazing" feats, before they fall in defeat or get one-shotted. Has anyone forgotten the so-called hype of God Serena and what happened to him? Because that is exactly what is going to happen to them as well. Hell, I'd bet that Irene won't be able to extract Fairy Heart in time before Acnologia shows up and nukes the battlefield

In the context of villains, he's pretty much the only one in Fairy Tail that is actually, you know, a challenge. I don't even think Zeref "really" believes he can beat Acnologia with a bunch of misfits like the Spriggan 12. He's just saying that to save face, while his thoughts say otherwise.