User blog comment:DarkLordZeta/Naruto er....Fairy Tail/@comment-25693405-20150325060759

I wouldn't call this a hater comment. As a writer myself, I tend to look at it through Makarov's eyes. He's got no one he can really name as his successor, especially when Guildarts doesn't want the job. Mashima wrote himself into a corner here, and this was pretty much the only direction that the story could go, without doing something really drastic, especially if Makarov can't handle things anymore. Lets look at his options as to Fairy Tail's 7th master: (I'm only going to list some of the characters) • Macao / Wakaba: They aren't really powerful enough to keep a guild like Fairy Tail together, also they're getting old and don't have the passion needed • Laxus: After the whole trying-to-take-Fairy-Tail-by-force thing, this would probably make everyone extremely uncomfortable at the very least. Laxus isn't ready yet • Erza / Mirajane: Both are powerful and respected, but they aren't all that level-headed. There's no telling what they'd do with that kind of power. • Lucy: Similar situation to Erza / Mirajane, Lucy would be unpredictable with that kind of authority. Also, she'd have difficulty getting respect. She would probably be a bit more level headed. • Carla (Charle): She has intelligence and temper to keep the guild in line, but exceeds aren't really all that powerful. • Natsu / Gray: Natsu is too rash (to put it gently), but they'd also have a lot trouble getting respect from the guild. So basically Makarov doesn't have anyone that can succeed him, at least in his view. I think Macao would be a safe choice for the mean time, but I think his logic is that everyone would be better off with more experienced guildmasters.