User blog comment:Perchan/Fairy Tail 321- In Which Goddammit Erza (Laxus vs. Jura)/@comment-3061966-20130302214603/@comment-3061966-20130303043500

Half this arc has been fighting to change that future. The course of history changed when they met with future Lucy, whether she is the real deal or not. Makarov could die, but that's been the case thrice and he lived each time.

It was never said that Ivan was equals with Gildarts, IIRC. Just that Gildarts hated him. However, we all expected him to be extremely powerful nonetheless. Erza's second origin release was one of the dumbest things I've seen, especially since it's not something you just unlock like super saiyan. It was Ultear's time arc that was needed to do such for Natsu & co and bridge the gap of strength development. All of a sudden, Erza releases it like she was hiding it in her sleeve? Laxus didn't need second origin release since he was seemingly past that stage. Gray noted that Gildarts and Laxus were monsters from the start and could cope with the 7 year loss unlike the rest of them. Laxus using Fairy Law would have made more sense, but then he doesn't see Jura as an enemy, so.......The mistake was the hype surrounding Jura and then some.

I'd say it's terrible, but opinions.....