User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/After watching Chapter 316, I bet that.../@comment-99.226.148.82-20130126182856

I think Mashima may play at Laxus teaming up with Orga, to some extent. In that Orga tries to convince Laxus to team up with him, and Laxus replies by knocking him out. Which will get the messy prospect of a three way battle out of the way, and reinforce Laxus as a potential threat to Jura.