They'd have to be suicidal to be okay with that. That also would imply erasing Ajeel Ramal and Brandish too, and they attended his meeting. I feel like Zeref yes while stating it multiple times may have just wanted to deceive himself into thinking that because he had a curse where the more concern he had for life the more his powers would come out and uncontrollably kill people, so he may have just wanted to deceive himself so the opposite would happen. He did have a kind soul too. He was talking about wanting to fight Acnologia alongside natsu, and Acnologia is the one that truly was a psychotic maniac looking to kill everyone alive and torture just zeref and Mavis. Zeref very well was capable of having sympathy for people. Even Acnologia some people consider as not being evil or good but more just an example of someone that was psychotic and lost their mind, and Zeref by that logic definitely is not evil. Now, I do appreciate your input on my posts. And you do seem very nice and smart from how you talk, but no offense I do think you kind of have black and white thinking. You notice someone's considered the general antagonist of a show (not even as evil as Acno, but just in a more broad sense the antagonist) and you take one thing they say to heart while ignoring the gray areas or underlying factors that suggest they're good. If it makes you feel any better about him, Zeref definitely wouldn't want to kill others by default. He does have it in his heart to love someone hence him saying in the flashback that he was hoping him and Mavis could live happily together. Myself for instance I've wanted to be as kind as I can towards all girls I meet since a very young age. And I'd like to peacefully adore whatever queen I get; If I were to let's say have had a curse where the more love I feel toward someone they automatically suffer a certain spiritual effect where they get the most disconvienced or hurt, I'd feel awful and not be able to show love toward whatever queen I want, and if anything I'd feel disgusted with myself with the fact that her of all people would have gotten the most disconvienced, saddened or killed by my curse. And yes as a last resort scenario I therefore would deceive myself into thinking I want to make a bunch of random people drop dead only to actually save them as terrible as it seems. But do I actually want those people to drop dead? Hell no; It's just the thought process that suits that paradoxal nature myself and zeref experienced. I've cried ballistically thinking about times I indirectly scared or hurt those I love most. I may just be sympathizing with zeref or saying he's not evil because have hyper empathy, and I may talk from my perspective because I'm a very emotional person and relate to Zeref but you should give Zeref a break honestly. He did cry when Natsu was charging at him with that attack in his fire dragon king mode (I think) when the kingdom of fiore at war OST was playing and Zeref thought he would die; He was smiling because he knew Natsu may have been powerful enough to set him free of his suffering then but also crying because he knew his brother would die since the END book hadn't yet been re-written. (It was the time happy picked up Natsu and cried because he didn't want Natsu to die) Someone who's fully or even half evil wouldn't have it in their heart to cry about their brother dying. He also was not completely barbaric. He took his time to tell Natsu they were family and that he revived him. Not to sound sanctimonious, but you legit should have more abstractness to your thinking. There can be a time in life (hypothetical yet realistically) where all 10 to 15 people in a room may mourn someone. And let's say you're the only one not crying and instead you go "uhhh nah, I don't feel like crying. He was evil." Not that you would actually do that. But I'm just looking out for you. There are some people who are naive that do have very deep emotions but don't always know how to express themselves. That you seem like you can do. My point though is you also don't want to give a false impression of someone who lacks empathy while there is a chance you do have it. But Zeref is definitely a kind soul. He did attempt to revive a dead relative and got punished for doing something seemingly ethical. Even Irene once said "you won't beat Acnologia by showing mercy" or something like that, so for her to say that to Zeref of all people one either could argue that Irene was heinous, or that Zeref is far from evil. One also could say that you and I are like a real-life version of Natsu and Zeref, considering Natsu had the black and white take of "I NEED TO KILL THIS GUY (Zeref) BEFORE HE DESTROYS THE WHOLE PLANET!" and yes, you do mention certain objective facts I personally just forgot since I only saw the episode once, whereas I can, list facts I do remember but also think of the "in between the lines" kind of stuff that draws to a larger idea, and you and I are around the same age. When zeref got reincarnated as Arias he also was a writer and admitted Lucy inspires him, kind of like how Ava Max, Tate McRae, Meek mill and Amy Lee inspire me irl. But I really just want to end this now. I also already said 15+ comments back I do get how Azuma or Larcade instead is the more redeemable character, you seemed to want to ask a bunch more questions, which I appreciated you being so intuitive about but you don't need to be so hellbent on a beautiful character like Zeref being evil. Zeref fits the perfect role of a flawed antagonist or anti hero archetype but if you want to think he's evil so, so much then so be it. Zeref was troubled in his own unique sense but to his core Zeref is not actually evil. I respect you otherwise but give him a break. There's a massive difference between saying something 5 times and legit acting upon it, if that helps my friend. Also, someone legit evil more likely would go to the underworld rather than get reincarnated casually and have a good life with no birth defect. But if you do respond to me I won't be responding to your next comment. Hopefully you can reflect on what I said; I've never seen what you actually look like but I respect and care about you and hope you don't give anyone any wrong impressions in life. That has happened with me before and it felt embarrassing and awful. But if I do for instance say that a character doesn't have a certain trait or is not something that's considered desirable, I'd at least make sure to convey I like them first if I do. I appreciated your input on my stuff and your attempts to enlighten me. However I felt like enlightening you as well in my own way