User blog comment:B214/Best and Worst Final Antagonists in Fairy Tail/@comment-89.242.80.239-20130704132037/@comment-84.13.159.42-20130708041433

Really... I always thought that was a stupid thing to do even though Cobra was susceptible to loud sounds. He was still much more powerful than Natsu and I even thought he was kind of haxed. The anime filler Starry Sky Key or whatever just made him even more haxed in my opinion and the only reason he lost was because of a moment of distraction that allowed Erza to defeat him. I mean, he had her on the back foot the whole time and the first time round (Oracion Seis/ Nirvana Arc) he totally annihilated her. In fact - and other people may disagree - I think of the 7 Dragon Slayers ,overall, Cobra is tied with Laxus for the top spot. That is why I hate both (if you look at them as seperate entities) Brain and Zero as final villains. Feel free to disagree.

And the whole turning Natsu evil thing reminded me of Star Wars for some weird reason... I dunno why.