User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 324: The One Who Closes The Door, Review and Commentary/@comment-6146666-20130322201350/@comment-84.113.52.218-20130322212332

I know what you mean. Even if I don't want to characters to die, knowing they "can't possibly die" takes away a bit of the tension.

It's far more thrilling to think "Will they die?" rather than "How will they avoid death?".