User blog comment:BlackWizardZeref/Chapter 376: Wendy vs Ezel/@comment-183.171.169.82-20140320170111/@comment-4829046-20140320174908

Well... in his defense, he did say he wanted to keep it from becoming like RAVE. Something about not being able to take it when having to write such sad developments. I know the feeling since I also write stories. Killing a character you put effort into developing is sure hard to do. But hey! Every great story needs tragedy so it's essential.