User blog comment:B214/Best and Worst Final Antagonists in Fairy Tail/@comment-5268982-20130704160155/@comment-4829046-20130704161208

He was still planning on playing dirty. The only reason he lost(and pissed off most of the fandom) is since he lost the will to fight after seeing FT stand tall.

People and their families would have been pleased if Sting actually ruthlessly battered the worn out FT members but NOOOOOOOOO Mashima just had to disappoint.