User blog comment:CNBA3/New Arc Idea! Civil War Arc!!!/@comment-1359322-20150116104553/@comment-7418318-20150116190439

@B214: I know you didn't mean they should form a guild, but when you look at it Phantom Lord wasn't really guild in anything but name either. When one of the PL members was taken down, his "comrades" would just laugh and be happy about it because now they'd get a bigger cut of the rewards for themselves. At least the vast majority of PL members came across like that with only very few exceptions like Juvia.

There surely are differences between PL arc and your suggestion, but they are in the finer details. On the surface they have more similarities than differences. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, just a neutral observation.

@CNBA: I think it'd make more sense if the Wizard Saint in question would only go to war after the new council was already chosen because he believes that one (or several) of them are unfit for the role, corrupt or otherwise bad enough news to the Saint that he'll go to any length to get them out of power.

That a powerful and wise person would plunge the entire nation into a civil war over who is allowed to choose the council members seems very illogial to me, unless said person wants to install puppets that he controlls. But then why bother with establishing such a show-council in the first place? If he has the power to win a civil war (or at least thinks so) then he wouldn't need such a farce of a council. He could just rule directly. And if he wants to stay manipulating from behind the scenes, he wouldn't go to open war, but find more subtle ways to install his puppets in positions of power.

Hmm... that got me thinking of another possible story-line, which I'll post in it's own thread so this one isn't cluttered up by it.