User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Useful Information on the Inner Cover and Back of Vol. 32/@comment-3290324-20121224143809

The operative words being "original plan" meaning that it is no longer in effect. In Mashima's "original plan" Makarov died, yet, in the "actual plan" he's still alive. No one underestimated Laxus. He's strong but he just can't handle Jura.