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One of my favorite parts of Minions: The Rise of Gru is that wholesome subplot where Otto becomes good friends with that biker (who is such a cool, chill guy). The biker gave him a bro hug and says he's really gonna miss Otto.

I really wish the ending shot of Despicable Me 4 showed the biker (now older after many years) and playing with Otto again, because that'd be nice. I mean, Herb Overkill got to be happy seeing the Minions again, and I think it'd be even better if the biker returned for a cameo too.

I really feel like the reason Zeref Dragneel ended up being one of the most forgotten anime antagonists is Maybe because Fairy Tail is an anime that's not particularly deep compared to things like Fullmetal Alchemist or Attack on Titan, and since the Fairy Tail fan base is relatively braindead in parts, they get alienated by how Zeref is written so differently compared to pretty much every character.

Maybe if Zeref was in a series where almost all storylines are as grounded and passionate as him, this wouldn't be the case. In fact, I've seen people say Zeref is an amazingly written character, but in the wrong series.

Canonically, Mavis Vermillion is Zeref's girl, but I'm pretty sure there are other girls (both in and out of Fairy Tail) who are also Zeref's type, but the collage here will only showcase ones from other series.

Examples listed here:

1. Eru Chitanda (Hyōka)

2. Kyōko Kirisaki (To Love-Ru)

3. Yuki Ushimaru (Gakuen Babysitters)

4. Yotsuba Nakano (The Quintessential Quintuplets)

5. Ui Nakatsugawa (Hoshizora E Kakaru Hashi)

Down below were my ages every time I got a new crush; I have a personal rule where I get a new crush every 2 years. I was born in 2004.

5 - 6 Years Old: Wonder Girls (KPop)

7 - 8 Years Old: Tecna (Winx Club)

9 - 10 Years Old: Pillow Featherbed (Lalaloopsy)

11 - 12 Years Old: Arcee (Transformers: Prime)

13 - 14 Years Old: Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail)

15 - 16 Years Old: Ari Roma (Novi Stars)

17 - 18 Years Old: Ui Nakatsugawa (Hoshizora E Kakaru Hashi)

Why exactly did LEGO modify the CGI model for Garmadon's helmet starting from the mini movies for the pilot episodes?

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who noticed this. It's also visible in the minifigures too.

Personally, I prefer the original design, because the wide nature adds more flare to his simple design, and the details are protruding, and those slotted sections on the helmet's sides added more detail as well.

Same voice actor btw (read description)

I found an anime on IMDB that's literally just one OVA and I had no idea it was incest harem until after I watched it and read more information outside of IMDB. The title was cute, but I had zero idea it'd be this disgusting, including how it sexualizes children (I ain't kidding).

It's called Baby Princess 2D/3D Paradise 0 - Love.

Fun fact: One of the tsunderes is actually voiced by Hatsune Miku's VA, and literally, her design (especially in the anime) looks like a white-haired Miku.

When I saw the cast and realized the MC's voice actor is the same as Eren's, I was like "AHH!! Eren voiced an incest harem MC."

I mean, I don't blame the actor for doing his job, but it still feels weird.

I found an anime on IMDB that's literally just one OVA and I had no idea it was incest harem until after I watched it and read more information outside of IMDB. The title was cute, but I had zero idea it'd be this disgusting, including how it sexualizes children (I ain't kidding).

It's called Baby Princess 2D/3D Paradise 0 - Love.

Fun fact: One of the tsunderes is actually voiced by Hatsune Miku's VA, and literally, her design (especially in the anime) looks like a white-haired Miku.

When I saw the cast and realized the MC's voice actor is the same as Eren's, I was like "AHH!! Eren voiced an incest harem MC."

I mean, I don't blame the actor for doing his job, but it still feels weird.

The thought just occurred to me, because both Raven and Timmy Turner were voiced by Tara Strong, after all:

《Synopsis》

Whereas Raven used her power to quickly strip her team members of their suits, Robin would use a smoke bomb that would magically transport their suits into the basket. Starfire screams, Cyborg tells his friends to not look at his circuits, Beast Boy doesn't react, but Raven creates dark magic censorship on her body (looking annoyed at Robin for doing that). Suddenly, her censors start flickering and she runs to her room like the others.

What if Raven suddenly got sick because of the slime (which also apparently affects her demon power), and she just takes a warm bath while wanting to read the latest issue of the book series she's reading, only to realize the delivery last week gave her an installment she already read. Frustrated, she tried using the little magic she has left while sick to teleport to the book store, only to realize she's pretty much naked with a bubble bikini barely covering her. She almost screams but covers her mouth to avoid attention. She tried to cast another teleportation spell, but nothing works. She suddenly sneezes out the bubbles covering her nakedness, and then she blushes furiously as she tries covering herself with her hands. She tiptoes away to the entrance door, only for the cashier to yell, "AH!! Public nudity!", which prompts Raven to run outside while shutting the door (though her hands are pushing the door behind her, so her body is exposed out in the open), though the other customers can see her rear through the see-through glass door, with a mother covering her son's eyes. Cars outside suddenly stop driving at the sight of Raven, with the drivers shocked and unable to think straight from the sight. Raven sprints while covering herself with her hands while flustered, constantly hiding behind objects and at one point climbing to the other side of a fence when a dog angrily barks and chases her. She finds a newspaper and covers her front with it, but the police see her behind and attempt to arrest Raven for public nudity. She ends up in a beach while dropping the newspaper (unable to think straight as she doesn't know where to go), running towards the water while some people see her from the front, shocked and confused. She manages to dive into the water and manages to rise up and hide somewhere around the beach where she can escape. Eventually, she finds the H.I.V.E. Five, who get shocked and confused seeing Raven standing there nude in public. Most of them retreat while unable to process what they just saw (matching what Gizmo did in the actual episode when he saw Robin's predicament), though See-More instead tries staring, only for Jinx to break his lens while pulling him away. Raven manages to return to Titans Tower (where she's glad her suit is clean), where she tells Robin to let her in, in which Robin is confused as to why she's naked outside. He does let her in, but Raven quickly covers his eyes with her hands, telling him to keep them closed as she runs to her room. Robin complies, but Starfire suddenly sees Raven's state of undress, which surprises her. Raven thinks the coast is clear, but instead bumps into Beast Boy (who is holding a bowl of popcorn that's censoring his groin) and she starts crying out of embarrassment as she finally enters her room, and Beast Boy just makes a slight remark that he felt attracted by what he saw. Raven (still nude) hides under her blanket. Robin knocks on Raven's door to give her suit, and she quickly takes it. Suddenly, Cyborg turns on the TV and sees news about Raven's predicament all over, which shocks him greatly. Raven stays in her room for quite some time due to the embarrassing life experience, and hopes she can recover from her sickness so she can use a spell that can make everyone forget what they saw. Beast Boy says he doesn't want to forget what he saw, which makes Starfire slap him.

Yeah, this is the full synopsis that popped in my head in case it's Raven instead of Robin. Well, as inappropriate this shows' humor may be in terms of some ideas, I have a feeling they wouldn't do this kind of female innuendo. Do you think they'd do that?

Honestly, if Fairy Tail ever got a live action Netflix remake, it should focus mainly on Zeref (the non-villainous central antagonist of the series), because his overall story arc alone would make for an S-Tier series (both animation and live action). When you think about it, Zeref's overall character makes him come off and feel like the true main character of Fairy Tail in some ways, considering how his overall role and extremely complicated arc made such an impact on the entire story (including his involvement in the arcs of so many of the other characters in the series). Natsu's older brother no doubt has the longest and most detailed arc out of all of the characters. While Lucy did narrate a lot of the story and Natsu had the most spotlight in terms of climactic moments, the entire story of Fairy Tail began from Zeref's origin story, and in reality, it really centered around him.

It could also finally fully reveal the mystery arcs he hinted (but the author left it too much of a mystery), such as the subplot regarding his demons that ended up attacking humanity when they were revealed to be only for suicide:

During the scene where Zeref confronted Grimoire Heart, he heavily implied through his words (when he exposed the actions of sinners) how most of the information in the Books of Zeref are just fake writings that sinners tried presenting as authentic while abusing magic; the demons and the R-System being the only things authentic, but were used as the basis that would drive sinners into tarnishing Zeref's name abusing his creations). The full story of the demon attacks was not like how the flashbacks were only vague depictions by sinners that never accurately showcased the truth regarding Zeref's case with his demons and his relationship with those who refer to themselves as his "followers".

To further prove the point,... in previous arcs, we saw villains use demons that were in fact Zeref's creations: Eisenwald was shown using Lullaby; we also saw Hades use Nemesis (a spell that casts an army of stone demons) without mutilation, and these can't be the only cases as there would be more. It's also suspicious that people eventually even managed to read and understand the books (with them also somehow managing to obtain knowledge surrounding how the demons work, including their names), even though it should all be demonic script for the demon programming; this means there is a situation about the books where Zeref wasn't alone, even though the books were supposed to be only for his own personal reasons.

Zeref was completely absent in the Future Rogue timeline, even though there's Fairy Heart and he can use that to undo the Future Rogue timeline. I wish they at least showed where was Zeref during Future Rogue's timeline, and where was he during all those events. Sadly, the series only explained the part where he watched over Natsu during the games, despite feeling saddened by what he plans to do in the Alvarez Empire Arc.

□ My theory is that maybe this is the subplot Zeref somewhat hinted when he mentioned how he had an involvement with the rift in space and time (when he revealed his ability to control the rift), and maybe he was forced to rely on Future Lucy to deal with the Future Rogue timeline problem, because Zeref had to deal with a bigger problem at hand, possibly a multiverse level threat.

□ I want Zeref's prime form to appear here (on will), and his body glows purple, dark blue, and black (with the accents constantly flashing randomly), and the design has bloody veins around his torso, with an cracked area on his chest that reveals his heart. The skin has the appearance of random blemishes and scars, and his eyes would be glowing pink. He even has claw gauntlets that appear like holographic crystals. The anime's art style in 2009-2013 had those 3D magic circles, and I want this Netflix series to finally give Zeref his own.

□ Imagine what it'd be like seeing Zeref's prime form doing all this (preventing the collapsing of the multiverse), and the transformation idea I have is this: He stabs himself with a piece of dark energy to trigger the form, but his personality slowly distorts as the power consumes and corrupts him, and he almost loses his true personality, only to never forget his love for Natsu, Mavis, and every innocent lives who need him, and his heart glows white instead of a dark shade, implying he will never darken his heart nor will he give up on those who need him, no matter how tarnished his name was.

The idea I have could also include the fully refined version of the Alvarez Empire Arc:

The Alvarez Empire Arc in the original manga and and anime was polarizing for fans, since Hiro Mashima admitted he rushed the arc. Many said it's a huge downgrade from Tartaros Arc, because that arc took time showing how deadly and dangerous the villains were, but for the Springgan 12, a lot of them were defeated in either silly or anti-climactic ways, with only a few being threatening (like August and Irene).

Zeref's role as a mysterious antagonist [including the reveal of his complicated plan which was never to commit an extermination/one-sided annihilation on Ishgar to kill Acnologia but to reset the timeline before he got cursed, afraid how much time he has left before his true self is lost forever after failing every attempt to die, because of the sinners' actions worsening his mental state through all the misunderstandings they caused (leading to much of humanity rejecting him in the worst ways possible, including conflict and violence), in which the curse's power is connected to his mental state] was one of the more highly acclaimed parts, but his second fight with Natsu left a lot to be desired, especially how his God form got nerfed singlehandedly by Natsu, and many fans wanted to see Zeref fight against an army of mages to show what he can do, even if he naturally cannot fight at his full potential, considering the reveal of his true plan meant that even though he developed disillusion from humanity's blind mindset, he never stopped thinking about the innocent lives who need him, and if no one can end his suffering, only he has to be one dealing with everything.

Many said Acnologia was rushed (including the potential to show how threatening he could have been) and defeated in a way that wasn't a typical Power of Friendship move, but logically shouldn't break him. I would have loved to have seen Zeref's God form fight Acnologia, and he'd be the one pushing him into the rift in space and time, having the battle there to avoid genocide on Ishgar, since the power of Fairy Heart is dangerous in that if you lose control of even one Etherion, it would endlessly rain down on an entire nation. E.N.D.'s potential would also be taken advantage of as well, since many said he's wasted in this arc.

Undeniably, one of the most beloved moments of this arc was Zeref and Mavis' death scene, which was the perfect ending for them no doubt, with Mavis ending up loving him with complete faith, unlike before, where a small part of her believed the rumors; but in the end, after seeing how selfless and sacrificial Zeref truly is (after learning his true plan and calculating everything he did), she saw no darkness in his heart.

I would also actually do some alternate endings or Alternate Universe (AU) stories just to make things more interesting:

¤ "What if Zeref succeeded in using Neo Eclipse to restart the timeline?"

¤ "What if Tartaros Arc was the final arc?" (With it being extended to accommodate for Zeref's goal to obtain Fairy Heart)

¤ "What if Wendy was Zeref's sibling instead of Natsu?"

¤ "What would Zeref's character be like in the OVA 2 universe? What would his relationship with others characters be like in this universe?"

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My idea for Natsu's final battle with Ignia in 100 Year Quest:

* This will also make up for how many fans said E.N.D. was wasted and had missed opportunities in the Alvarez Empire Arc.

*Inside Natsu's head*

Igneel: Natsu, it's not over. You can still win the 100 Year Quest. You have not unleashed your full potential.

Natsu: I... won't give up. My friends... They need me. They sacrificed so much for me. They've been with me for my entire life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.

Igneel: I know, but... there's something you're missing, more like someone.

Natsu: What do you mean?

Igneel: There is one person you never realized sacrificed more than you once thought. It was he who sacrificed most for you.

Natsu: What do you mean?... Is it you?

Igneel: No, Natsu... There was someone in your life who has been there for you up until the end, since 400 years ago, the person who was nothing like my son, nor Faris.

Natsu: Who could that be? I already have my family, including Fairy Tail and the other guilds. Who else was-- (a vision appears behind Natsu, and he looks behind him); *the vision shows important parts of the memories Zeref made for Natsu in the original series, from Tenrou Island Arc up until Alvarez Empire Arc, always trying to deepen his bond whenever he had the chance.*

||Flashback||

"I tried hard too, you know. I worked so hard to obtain happiness,... but this body kills anyone it cares for. I was forbidden... forbidden to have a family, forbidden to be happy. I was forbidden to have anything!"

"That's not what family is! It's not about being allowed or not allowed! You create happiness! That's what family is! If you're going to claim you have no family, then any last sliver of a bond we have is gone right now! Alright, Big Bro?!"

||End of Flashback...||

Natsu: Nii-Chan... I... I didn't mean to... No, I didn't even try... Why couldn't I... Why couldn't I... All you ever wanted... was to be there for me, for everyone... but I didn't even... I was there for Fairy Tail, for other guilds, even Acnologia... but why couldn't I... be there... for you? (E.N.D. slowly unleashes from self-hatred) *awakens while screaming like a demon, striking Ignia from behind*

Ignia: What is this?!!.... What... What is this form?!

Natsu: I... am... E.N.D.!!!

Ignia: You're a demon?!!

Natsu: My brother... gave me this form... to die, to give his life, because he never wanted to harm anyone.

Ignia: Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother other than me.

Natsu: We both share the same dad, but my only brother... is Zeref.

Ignia: Zeref?!? The immortal black wizard Zeref?! The most evil man who ever lived?!

Natsu: He was never evil! He was everything you weren't! You and Faris were everything the world viewed him, only for real! All he ever wanted was to die, to save people from himself!

Ignia: *laughs mockingly*... He created demons that ended up causing genocide!

Natsu: Yeah, he created demons, but it didn't seem like he wanted them to harm anyone! I don't know the full story of the demons, but considering all the sinners who committed horrible actions under his name while wielding the Books of Zeref while making all kinds of fake information and presenting them as authentic in the books, it's impossible to believe Zeref was alone when it came to the case with his demons. He even helped me in Tartaros' attack, and that has to mean something. Everything Zeref ever wanted always alienated too heavily from how people depicted the full story of the demon attacks.

Ignia: *confused*... What?

Natsu: I too was a failed experiment to kill him, but the worst part is... I was too late to realize how complicated he was, even though Zeref always tried finding ways to deepen our bond, and he wanted me to know his true plan by myself after failing every attempt to die.

Ignia: Didn't he start a war on Ishgar? I'm suprised he didn't do it alone, when he's so powerful.

Natsu: It's because... he can't do it alone... That was why he struggled so much using his power. That was why he needed the Springgan 12, because his true plan valued life deep inside. This is because his true plan... was never to kill Acnologia while annihilating Ishgar using Fairy Heart's power, the power inside our first master's body. What he wanted... was to use that power... to reset the timeline before he got cursed, killing Acnologia in the past while preventing a horrible fate for humanity if he stays alive for too long, especially after how the sinners' actions kept worsening his mental state... through the misunderstandings they caused, leading to so much of humanity rejecting him in every way possible... Zeref's curse is the source of his immortality and his dark power being almost god-like, because it is triggered by how much he values life; the more he values life, the more he kills, and that curse even causes his thoughts to shift uncontrollably, especially from too much trauma.

Ignia: Curse? The rumors never said anything about a curse. Does this mean... his relationship with his followers wasn't anything like they say?

Natsu: He only... took action to obtain the power of our first master before it's too late, before his time runs out... I saw him suffer in front of me, and yet I didn't believe him when he felt troubled by the fact that he won't die. I wanted him dead, because I didn't feel any sympathy for him nor did I even bother understanding his circumstances, and I unreasonably questioned his inability to be happy. I saw him suffer with my own eyes, and he tried to tell me something while wanting me to find out what his true plan was, and yet I just threw it in his face. I even nearly made him lose his true self by increasing his trauma, thus provoking the curse into worsening his control over his actions. He tried to keep himself together, but if only I was there for him instead of stupidly starting a fight while being so ruthless in wanting him dead... I can never forgive myself for not being there for my brother.

Ignia: *further confused*... How...

Faris: All the things people said about Zeref... Does this mean... they were lies all along?

Natsu: I once thought it was Fairy Tail and the other guilds who sacrificed most for me, but it wasn't... In reality, it was Zeref who sacrificed the most for me and everyone, and he never stopped making sacrifices up until the end.

<<Chapters later, where Natsu delivers the final blow on Ignia and Faris>>

Natsu: Thank you... for everything... my dear older brother... Zeref (falls unconscious while reverting back to his base form).

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: Natsu! Natsu! We did it! We won the 100 Year Quest!!

Natsu: (with a weak voice while shedding a tear) Nii-chan... Nii-chan...

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: ??

I'm surprised Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) doesn't get as much attention as Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) in terms of being complicated, even though Eren committed actual genocide that led to 80% of humanity dead, whereas Zeref lied that his plan was to kill Acnologia in the current timeline while committing one-sided annihilation/extermination on Ishgar out of hatred, using Fairy Heart's power (the infinite power inside Mavis' body); the truth is... he wanted to use Fairy Heart's God-like power to reset the timeline to prevent Acnologia from becoming as powerful as he is now, with Zeref and Natsu ending him in the past. Once Zeref resets the timeline, he can relive his life once more and will retain his memories from the original timeline, so that he will know what he has to do to ensure humanity has a future while keeping the balance, and he will avoid his fate of getting cursed by Ankhseram, as he never wanted to be a problem for anyone and that he will finally be there for humanity if no one can end his suffering.

What motivated Zeref was his fear and concern for human life. After failing every attempt to die (which includes Mavis' insufficient love for him and the fact that Natsu is a failed experiment to kill him), Zeref chose to spring into action, as anything involving Zeref's cursed body could potentially lead to the extinction of mankind or worse, and considering how his curse is connected to his feelings and mental state, Zeref is afraid of how his power could reach unstable levels if he's too far gone and how much life he'd end up killing (a fate similar to Future Rogue's timeline), and it's brought down further by how sinners or even just mentally blind people tarnish his name (a natural thing that can happen to one with a curse like this, since there are people who heavily victimize those going through this kind of suffering), leading to much of humanity rejecting him in every way possible, even ones involving conflict, violence, and especially complications from misunderstandings between him and good guys who don't know who he truly is (only worsening Zeref's state in the process), that along with how Zeref had to witness humanity's mindset subverting its sense as years went by. This means Zeref's isolation isn't gonna help him forever, and he's worried about how much time he has left before it's too late.

Zeref technically is more pure-hearted and complex than Eren (who is enigmatic but still became a full-fledged villain), but sadly, Zeref ended up being one of the most forgotten anime antagonists, despite being one of the most complicated. The reveal of Zeref's true plan meant that even though he did develop some disillusion towards humanity's blind mindset and how they committed atrocities under his name, he never subverted who he once was (nor did he develop any corrupting traits), and he never stopped making sacrifices for others out of his care for innocent lives up until the end.

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My idea for Natsu's final battle with Ignia in 100 Year Quest:

* This will also make up for how many fans said E.N.D. was wasted and had missed opportunities in the Alvarez Empire Arc.

*Inside Natsu's head*

Igneel: Natsu, it's not over. You can still win the 100 Year Quest. You have not unleashed your full potential.

Natsu: I... won't give up. My friends... They need me. They sacrificed so much for me. They've been with me for my entire life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.

Igneel: I know, but... there's something you're missing, more like someone.

Natsu: What do you mean?

Igneel: There is one person you never realized sacrificed more than you once thought. It was he who sacrificed most for you.

Natsu: What do you mean?... Is it you?

Igneel: No, Natsu... There was someone in your life who has been there for you up until the end, since 400 years ago, the person who was nothing like my son, nor Faris.

Natsu: Who could that be? I already have my family, including Fairy Tail and the other guilds. Who else was-- (a vision appears behind Natsu, and he looks behind him); *the vision shows important parts of the memories Zeref made for Natsu in the original series, from Tenrou Island Arc up until Alvarez Empire Arc, always trying to deepen his bond whenever he had the chance*.

||Flashback||

"I tried hard too, you know. I worked so hard to obtain happiness,... but this body kills anyone it cares for. I was forbidden... forbidden to have a family, forbidden to be happy. I was forbidden to have anything!"

"That's not what family is! It's not about being allowed or not allowed! You create happiness! That's what family is! If you're going to claim you have no family, then any last sliver of a bond we have is gone right now! Alright, Big Bro?!"

||End of Flashback...||

Natsu: Nii-Chan... I... I didn't mean to... No, I didn't even try... Why couldn't I... Why couldn't I... All you ever wanted... was to be there for me, for everyone... but I didn't even... I was there for Fairy Tail, for other guilds, even Acnologia... but why couldn't I... be there... for you? (E.N.D. slowly unleashes from self-hatred) *awakens while screaming like a demon, striking Ignia from behind*

Ignia: What is this?!!.... What... What is this form?!

Natsu: I... am... E.N.D.!!!

Ignia: You're a demon?!!

Natsu: My brother... gave me this form... to die, to give his life, because he never wanted to harm anyone.

Ignia: Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother other than me.

Natsu: We both share the same dad, but my only brother... is Zeref.

Ignia: Zeref?!? The immortal black wizard Zeref?! The most evil man who ever lived?!

Natsu: He was never evil! He was everything you weren't! You and Faris were everything the world viewed him, only for real! All he ever wanted was to die, to save people from himself!

Ignia: *laughs mockingly*... He created demons that ended up causing genocide!

Natsu: Yeah, he created demons, but it didn't seem like he wanted them to harm anyone! I don't know the full story of the demons, but considering all the sinners who committed horrible actions under his name while wielding the Books of Zeref while making all kinds of fake information and presenting them as authentic in the books, it's impossible to believe Zeref was alone when it came to the case with his demons. He even helped me in Tartaros' attack, and that has to mean something. Everything Zeref ever wanted always alienated too heavily from how people depicted the full story of the demon attacks.

Ignia: *confused*... What?

Natsu: I too was a failed experiment to kill him, but the worst part is... I was too late to realize how complicated he was, even though Zeref always tried finding ways to deepen our bond, and he wanted me to know his true plan by myself after failing every attempt to die.

Ignia: Didn't he start a war on Ishgar? I'm suprised he didn't do it alone, when he's so powerful.

Natsu: It's because... he can't do it alone... That was why he struggled so much using his power. That was why he needed the Springgan 12, because his true plan valued life deep inside. This is because his true plan... was never to kill Acnologia while annihilating Ishgar using Fairy Heart's power, the power inside our first master's body. What he wanted... was to use that power... to reset the timeline before he got cursed, killing Acnologia in the past while preventing a horrible fate for humanity if he stays alive for too long, especially after how the sinners' actions kept worsening his mental state... through the misunderstandings they caused, leading to so much of humanity rejecting him in every way possible... Zeref's curse is the source of his immortality and his dark power being almost god-like, because it is triggered by how much he values life; the more he values life, the more he kills, and that curse even causes his thoughts to shift uncontrollably, especially from too much trauma.

Ignia: Curse? The rumors never said anything about a curse. Does this mean... his relationship with his followers wasn't anything like they say?

Natsu: He only... took action to obtain the power of our first master before it's too late, before his time runs out... I saw him suffer in front of me, and yet I didn't believe him when he felt troubled by the fact that he won't die. I wanted him dead, because I didn't feel any sympathy for him nor did I even bother understanding his circumstances, and I unreasonably questioned his inability to be happy. I saw him suffer with my own eyes, and he tried to tell me something while wanting me to find out what his true plan was, and yet I just threw it in his face. I even nearly made him lose his true self by increasing his trauma, thus provoking the curse into worsening his control over his actions. He tried to keep himself together, but if only I was there for him instead of stupidly starting a fight while being so ruthless in wanting him dead... I can never forgive myself for not being there for my brother.

Ignia: *further confused*... How...

Faris: All the things people said about Zeref... Does this mean... they were lies all along?

Natsu: I once thought it was Fairy Tail and the other guilds who sacrificed most for me, but it wasn't... In reality, it was Zeref who sacrificed the most for me and everyone, and he never stopped making sacrifices up until the end.

<<Chapters later, where Natsu delivers the final blow on Ignia and Faris>>

Natsu: Thank you... for everything... my dear older brother... Zeref (falls unconscious while reverting back to his base form).

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: Natsu! Natsu! We did it! We won the 100 Year Quest!!

Natsu: (with a weak voice while shedding a tear) Nii-chan... Nii-chan...

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: ??

I'm surprised Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) doesn't get as much attention as Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) in terms of being complicated, even though Eren committed actual genocide that led to 80% of humanity dead, whereas Zeref lied that his plan was to kill Acnologia in the current timeline while committing one-sided annihilation/extermination on Ishgar out of hatred, using Fairy Heart's power (the infinite power inside Mavis' body); the truth is... he wanted to use Fairy Heart's God-like power to reset the timeline to prevent Acnologia from becoming as powerful as he is now, with Zeref and Natsu ending him in the past. Once Zeref resets the timeline, he can relive his life once more and will retain his memories from the original timeline, so that he will know what he has to do to ensure humanity has a future while keeping the balance, and he will avoid his fate of getting cursed by Ankhseram, as he never wanted to be a problem for anyone and that he will finally be there for humanity if no one can end his suffering.

What motivated Zeref was his fear and concern for human life. After failing every attempt to die (which includes Mavis' insufficient love for him and the fact that Natsu is a failed experiment to kill him), Zeref chose to spring into action, as anything involving Zeref's cursed body could potentially lead to the extinction of mankind or worse, and considering how his curse is connected to his feelings and mental state, Zeref is afraid of how his power could reach unstable levels if he's too far gone and how much life he'd end up killing (a fate similar to Future Rogue's timeline), and it's brought down further by how sinners or even just mentally blind people tarnish his name (a natural thing that can happen to one with a curse like this, since there are people who heavily victimize those going through this kind of suffering), leading to much of humanity rejecting him in every way possible, even ones involving conflict, violence, and especially complications from misunderstandings between him and good guys who don't know who he truly is (only worsening Zeref's state in the process), that along with how Zeref had to witness humanity's mindset subverting its sense as years went by. This means Zeref's isolation isn't gonna help him forever, and he's worried about how much time he has left before it's too late.

Zeref technically is more pure-hearted and complex than Eren (who is enigmatic but still became a full-fledged villain), but sadly, Zeref ended up being one of the most forgotten anime antagonists, despite being one of the most complicated. The reveal of Zeref's true plan meant that even though he did develop some disillusion towards humanity's blind mindset and how they committed atrocities under his name, he never subverted who he once was (nor did he develop any corrupting traits), and he never stopped making sacrifices for others out of his care for innocent lives up until the end.

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My idea for Natsu's final battle with Ignia in 100 Year Quest:

* This will also make up for how many fans said E.N.D. was wasted and had missed opportunities in the Alvarez Empire Arc.

*Inside Natsu's head*

Igneel: Natsu, it's not over. You can still win the 100 Year Quest. You have not unleashed your full potential.

Natsu: I... won't give up. My friends... They need me. They sacrificed so much for me. They've been with me for my entire life. I wouldn't be who I am without them.

Igneel: I know, but... there's something you're missing, more like someone.

Natsu: What do you mean?

Igneel: There is one person you never realized sacrificed more than you once thought. It was he who sacrificed most for you.

Natsu: What do you mean?... Is it you?

Igneel: No, Natsu... There was someone in your life who has been there for you up until the end, since 400 years ago, the person who was nothing like my son, nor Faris.

Natsu: Who could that be? I already have my family, including Fairy Tail and the other guilds. Who else was-- (a vision appears behind Natsu, and he looks behind him); *the vision shows important parts of the memories Zeref made for Natsu in the original series, from Tenrou Island Arc up until Alvarez Empire Arc, always trying to deepen his bond whenever he had the chance*.

||Flashback||

"I tried hard too, you know. I worked so hard to obtain happiness,... but this body kills anyone it cares for. I was forbidden... forbidden to have a family, forbidden to be happy. I was forbidden to have anything!"

"That's not what family is! It's not about being allowed or not allowed! You create happiness! That's what family is! If you're going to claim you have no family, then any last sliver of a bond we have is gone right now! Alright, Big Bro?!"

||End of Flashback...||

Natsu: Nii-Chan... I... I didn't mean to... No, I didn't even try... Why couldn't I... Why couldn't I... All you ever wanted... was to be there for me, for everyone... but I didn't even... I was there for Fairy Tail, for other guilds, even Acnologia... but why couldn't I... be there... for you? (E.N.D. slowly unleashes from self-hatred) *awakens while screaming like a demon, striking Ignia from behind*

Ignia: What is this?!!.... What... What is this form?!

Natsu: I... am... E.N.D.!!!

Ignia: You're a demon?!!

Natsu: My brother... gave me this form... to die, to give his life, because he never wanted to harm anyone.

Ignia: Your brother? I didn't know you had a brother other than me.

Natsu: We both share the same dad, but my only brother... is Zeref.

Ignia: Zeref?!? The immortal black wizard Zeref?! The most evil man who ever lived?!

Natsu: He was never evil! He was everything you weren't! You and Faris were everything the world viewed him, only for real! All he ever wanted was to die, to save people from himself!

Ignia: *laughs mockingly*... He created demons that ended up causing genocide!

Natsu: Yeah, he created demons, but it didn't seem like he wanted them to harm anyone! I don't know the full story of the demons, but considering all the sinners who committed horrible actions under his name while wielding the Books of Zeref while making all kinds of fake information and presenting them as authentic in the books, it's impossible to believe Zeref was alone when it came to the case with his demons. He even helped me in Tartaros' attack, and that has to mean something. Everything Zeref ever wanted always alienated too heavily from how people depicted the full story of the demon attacks.

Ignia: *confused*... What?

Natsu: I too was a failed experiment to kill him, but the worst part is... I was too late to realize how complicated he was, even though Zeref always tried finding ways to deepen our bond, and he wanted me to know his true plan by myself after failing every attempt to die.

Ignia: Didn't he start a war on Ishgar? I'm suprised he didn't do it alone, when he's so powerful.

Natsu: It's because... he can't do it alone... That was why he struggled so much using his power. That was why he needed the Springgan 12, because his true plan valued life deep inside. This is because his true plan... was never to kill Acnologia while annihilating Ishgar using Fairy Heart's power, the power inside our first master's body. What he wanted... was to use that power... to reset the timeline before he got cursed, killing Acnologia in the past while preventing a horrible fate for humanity if he stays alive for too long, especially after how the sinners' actions kept worsening his mental state... through the misunderstandings they caused, leading to so much of humanity rejecting him in every way possible... Zeref's curse is the source of his immortality and his dark power being almost god-like, because it is triggered by how much he values life; the more he values life, the more he kills, and that curse even causes his thoughts to shift uncontrollably, especially from too much trauma.

Ignia: Curse? The rumors never said anything about a curse. Does this mean... his relationship with his followers wasn't anything like they say?

Natsu: He only... took action to obtain the power of our first master before it's too late, before his time runs out... I saw him suffer in front of me, and yet I didn't believe him when he felt troubled by the fact that he won't die. I wanted him dead, because I didn't feel any sympathy for him nor did I even bother understanding his circumstances, and I unreasonably questioned his inability to be happy. I saw him suffer with my own eyes, and he tried to tell me something while wanting me to find out what his true plan was, and yet I just threw it in his face. I even nearly made him lose his true self by increasing his trauma, thus provoking the curse into worsening his control over his actions. He tried to keep himself together, but if only I was there for him instead of stupidly starting a fight while being so ruthless in wanting him dead... I can never forgive myself for not being there for my brother.

Ignia: *further confused*... How...

Faris: All the things people said about Zeref... Does this mean... they were lies all along?

Natsu: I once thought it was Fairy Tail and the other guilds who sacrificed most for me, but it wasn't... In reality, it was Zeref who sacrificed the most for me and everyone, and he never stopped making sacrifices up until the end.

<<Chapters later, where Natsu delivers the final blow on Ignia and Faris>>

Natsu: Thank you... for everything... my dear older brother... Zeref (falls unconscious while reverting back to his base form).

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: Natsu! Natsu! We did it! We won the 100 Year Quest!!

Natsu: (with a weak voice while shedding a tear) Nii-chan... Nii-chan...

Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, etc.: ??

I know there's a thing in kids' media where writers think "it's perfectly fine for male innuendo or girls seeing boys naked in kids' media, but not the other way around", though honestly (I'm going to say it), it's not actually that simple making these kinds of scenes work, because more than a few of these cases can make the eyes and brains of male viewers bleed (figuratively), as a lot of them aren't any better than misogynistic female innuendo.

It's especially bad if it's done in uncreative ways or feels out-of-place or forced into the TV show and movie just for the sake of it.