User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 505: Trump Card, Review/@comment-5303512-20161007210649

Now that I think about it, Makarov's sacrifice is more impactful with Mavis helplessly watching it happen, she was entrusted by his parents to be Makarov's godmother and she even gave him his name, and to watch him die before her is heart breaking for her.