User blog comment:KillRoy231/Villains/@comment-5268982-20140706163634

The difference is that most of Disney's villains are one-dimensional, whereas most of FT's villains are complicated characters with a troubled past, not just power-hungry maniacs. Don't get me wrong, I like Disney movies as much as the next guy does, but I don't think the villains are depicted realistically.

Fairy Tail's "villains"(antagonists may be a better term) are some of the most interesting characters, and oftentimes the only ones given proper character development, major examples being Jellal and Ultear. They do pretty horrible things, but not for the sake of being evil or for world domination, but to find their happiness.

Besides, all the major antagonists are defeated, one way or another. Bora is revealed to not be one. Duke Everlue is imprisoned. Eisenwald out of comission. Lyon redeemed. Jellal redeemed after a long period of suffering. Jose Porla was probably also imprisoned. Laxus sent to exile. Brain from OS imprisoned or dead. Faust sent to exile. Hades dead. Doriate dead. Minerva fighting through her way to redemption.

The only major antagonists with an unresolved fate are Jiemma, Mard Geer and Zeref, and that's probably because their stories isn't over yet. That's why one thing I often love in FT is its villains; because they're portrayed human. The only one I've had issues with is Gajeel, but I'm leaving this for another time.