User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 356: Tartarus arc - Prologue, Review and Commentary/@comment-4829046-20131018133724/@comment-7418318-20131018181639

I guess so.

That one frame focusing solely on Gran Doma's snake staff suddenly popped into my mind when you said he might survive, with snakes being symbols for both rebirth and deception.