User blog comment:R. Lawton/How strong are some the GMG characters in comparison to Fairy Tail/@comment-5268982-20130911124807

Fairy Tail simply won because they used the power of their feelings and their plot armor. Most of the time, according to this manga, strength, training and powerful Magic is unimportant, and all that matters is the power of feelings to win an impossible fight. For example, if Sting was in Fairy Tail and Laxus was in Lamia Scale, Sting vs. Laxus would have come in victory of Sting. It's just how things go in Fairy Tail.