User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 452: The Prelude to the Final Battle, Review./@comment-6904925-20150914075703/@comment-25962249-20150914081835

That being said if a few FT members died, now that would really shake things up. The more that die the more effective it would be, though I doubt such a thing would happen.

If it was up to me I would have Lucy, Macao, Elfman, Juvia, Evergreen, Bickslow, Jet, and Mest die. And then during the war FT could make relations with Crime Sorcière members, and later have some of them join FT.