User blog comment:Omega natsu2/...One Year Has Gone By/@comment-76.161.172.226-20150127155629

Personally what I'd like to see is that after encountering Natsu, Gildarts returned to the guild to check on everyone, discovered Makarov intended to disband the guild, and not liking that, Gildarts finally stepped up to the plate and took over as guild master instead.

We'd skip the inevitable resurrect/reassemble the guild plot. Gildarts would get a little bit of character development. Instead of being essentially meaningless, Makarov's wish to disband the guild would have at least forced a guild master change. Laxus can continue to be involved with the guild as one of their peers. And as soon as Acnologia and Zeref are dealt with, Gildarts can run off again leaving a note appointing Laxus as Fairy Tail's 7th guild master.