User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 449: Mavis & Zeref, Review./@comment-24712102-20150824084034/@comment-7418318-20150828065300

If Mavis had accidentally put a curse on someone (especially a founding member) that slowly and agonizingly killed them over the course of four years, I seriously doubt Fairy Tail would still exist. The guild would surely have dispersed in such an event.

Walrod and Precht might have understood and forgiven Mavis, but any other member would have run off and Mavis would have run off into the woods to live a hermit life much like Zeref did.