User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Above and beyond/@comment-4495710-20111027213641/@comment-3290324-20111028210114

You are correct in saying that Gildarts is on entirely different level then everyone in Fairy Tail (not counting Makarov who is stronger than Gildarts), but stronger than everyone else in Fairy Tail does not mean that you are on the same level as a Dragon. Now, as Hungry said, Gildarts didn't "battle" Acnologia, he was just pawned in mere seconds. It's not a matter of "we'll never know" because we already know the outcome. I'm sorry, but you're letting your love for a particular character cloud your judgement completely.