QUOTE (qrdel @ May 29 2011, 03:49 AM) That's more of an idea to me.
If what I say comes true, we will have to have the members on the island vanish somehow. Without Makarov and practically all S-class mages the remaining members of Fairy Tail will probably get disbanded (not to mention the fact that as of now they're practically powerless) and dismissed throughout all Fiore.
What amuses me at the moment is the fact that they do show Gerard and we are left with Zeref still wanting something from Natsu - hence two more mysteries to uncover. What's more, there's one more Fairy Tail member we are forgetting about :] The only one of the equal power to that of Gildart's and the only one who hasn't got the brand on him :>.
Laxus is not equal to Guildartz. Guildartz was ABOVE Laxus and Laxus
FEARED him.
And I just can't see Laxus winning against Asuma, BlueNote, rest of Kin AND Hades(who is stronger than guildartz) AND Zeref(who is most likely stronger than all the rest of them combined).
Laxus power nature might come in handy when escaping though and he might take down one or two of enemies, like Asuma and the the two seven-kin , but not bluenote or the rest of them. The whole thunder power would work perfectly on escaping, I bet though and Laxus might get whoever is still alive off the island.
But before that, IMO, Gray still needs to side with Ultear, Zeref needs to awaken, Lucy needs to "participate in unique way" just as she ominously hinted at the start of this arc and someone(one or few) need to die for the whole Charlie's vision to come true.
I am betting this is set up after the mid-point of Final Fantasy 6:
Tera - Lucy
Espers - Celestial Spirits
Celes - Erza
main character - Natsu
Three Goddesses = Zeref's awakening
Kefka - Possibly either Gray or Zeref.
in FF6, a huge confrontation between main characters and Empire took place on the floating island. We had whole "Tera is half-esper creature" thing going on. Main characters struggled and almost won, but Kefka managed to awaken statues and brought upon the end of the world. Ninja sacrificed his life to let others escape and everyone got separated. Then the whole focus and main character role shifted to Celes and we got a timeskip with her staring at the sea wondering on if any of her friends are alive. Then he have her whole attempt to suicide only to get proof that some of her friends are still alive. Then we got her journey to recollect them and convince them to stand up against Kefka.
I certainly hope it won't be as depressing, but iMO that was one of the best executions of time skip ever and If Mashima decides to follow even a bit of that, I will be happy.