User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Useful Information on the Inner Cover and Back of Vol. 32/@comment-4047931-20121225131753

How did I miss this? Well it definitely is interesting to hear the some of the original plans for the GMG arc. Some of these ideas sound even better then how the actually played out, especially number five with Raven Tail lasting till the last day. Hopefully it would have made a very climactic battle and not the dull yet epic confrontation with Laxus. I was actually hoping to see Raven Tail face off with Fairy Tail B, with Alexei being the forefront of Raven Tail attack making that illusion somewhat of a reality, while Fairy Tail A battled it out with Sabertooth when it neared the end of the GMG. As for the rest, well I wouldn't say they would have changed much expect for to but that still has to be made cannon in the manga as it was one of the original ideas but from what I've seen most people overestimate Laxus. Nevertheless awesome information so thank you, Marco and Chaos (for the corrections) and as for manga publishing, in Britain the furthest I can see is volume 24 coming out in March 2013.