User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 180: Garou Knights, Review/@comment-24257713-20140506183830/@comment-4829046-20140507031251

Why would you outright hate them anyway? We didn't even get to see them as "executioners" to actually appreciate or hate them or anything. And the anime made it more of a joke with that one old guy having died in the tunnels while reading the magazine.... Basically they were a joke. The only serious bit being covered up cause plot dictates lava can at most do second degree burns -_- Their magic would have worked great for killing, but against FT, they just looked like any old guild trying to kill them really. Tbh I don't understand Mashima's use of the term "magic for killing" cause as far as I can tell, almost every combat magic can be used to kill, I mean c'mon, actual fire that can burn away substances and destroy buildings like that and even specifically designed to work against Dragons would kill a person instantly.

Also to note that the Treasure Hunters got really close to killing them as well despite being fodder. And those guys were bigger assholes than the Garou Knights.