User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 465: 400 Years, Review and Commentary/@comment-25111584-20151207131906/@comment-24039234-20151208090102

" I'm sure he also at least wanted to die knowing that his brother knew who he was"

This. Little snippets like this why I think that Zeref is a really nifty, "more than meets the eye" kinda "final"-villain. Of course, he's emo and all, but he has a reason to be.