I have to confess i cant rmb too much, what more in chronological order but these were some of the thoughts that resonated with me back when i read it. Mostly the things I felt off were the matchups or how they played out. My suggestions below are in no order, please forgive me for the mess
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- generally members of other guilds should team up together bc it's not a war with FT, it's a war with Fiore!
- Historia of the Dead and Universe one only being used later in the war when things got desperate.
- Natsu being consumed by dragon seed and defeat Acno and then Zeref
: Natsu becomes a dragon first, let him face acno solo and then after acno dies, the other dragon slayers be the one to combine their effort to stop him, slaying his dragon seed or something.
: Zeref sees Natsu's victory over Acno and is convinced Natsu is finally strong enough. Zeref becomes maniacal and forces Natsu to trigger END. Mavis intervenes and follows canon:- Mavis is the one to defeat Zeref with their Ankhseram curse. Lucy and Gray maintain their roles of saving Natsu from END.
- when Universe One activated and Tenrou merged to mainland, Warrod powes up the Tenrou tree to strengthen Fairy tail members. Meredy assists Warrod to share the boost with citizens of Fiore, since the tree is part of the mainland maybe it means Fiore citizens could receive its powers.
- Juvia dies after water-make blood. Could mirror something like Reina's sacrifice for Musica in Rave Master. She didn't have much to offer anymore anyway, her character was just there as a Gray fanatic, no more growth.
----- below are different matchups i would have had for some of the spriggan-----
(Vs Bradman + Larcade)
: Larcade has not begin fighting anyone yet. He stays with Zeref throughout and suggests to hunt Natsu for him. Only then Larcade finds out he was an etherious, however he gets banished by Zeref instead of being eradicated. He becomes mentally affected and stumbles upon Yukino and Sorano while they're making up. He gets riled up with the while family scene considering his was just demolished.
: Concurrently, Mira and Lisanna are against Bradman. Bradman seems disgusted a human has been able to learn etherious magic. Lisanna doesnt provide much as usual at this point.
: Sorano+Yukino vs Larcade and Mira+Lisanna vs Bradman clash. All learn that Larcade is an etherious. Bradman suggests "unison raid" with Larcade but instead he consumes him to add Larcade's curse to his arsenal, claiming he should be the only etherious to exist
: Boosted Bradman overpowers the four girls. Sorano summons an angel, maybe named Lucifer, as her strongest skill. She reveals she has stopped using Angel Summoning magic bc of her interaction with Gray in Starry Sky arc. The magic consumes her lifespan but that is desperate times, and she's willing to do it to protect her sister again. Then Some heartfelt panels about sisterhood amongst 4 of them. Mirajane shares about how in lore, satan is a fallen angel himself, and suggest to do what Bradman and Larcade attempted - unison raid. In this case Mira uses satan soul and takes over angel Lucifer, so that Sorano's life isn't in danger.
: Satan soul Lucifer then defeats boosted Bradman and Mira takes over him (this part could be too OP for Mira after all this huhu but i biased sorry)
(Vs Wahl)
: first of all, Jenny should be involved with the fight against Wahl bc of her Machina takeover. Not the one to defeat him but her magic really should be involved in this??? Other combatants could include
: Rufus - retaliate the weakness of the bots or recreate the bots
: Sherry for doll magic to control bots
: Gajeel - iron dragon vs a robotic opponent. Gajeel can maybe eat his material
: thunder god tribe
- bickslow same as Sherry controls bots
- evergreen just normal crowd control
- freed finishes Wahl off with Gajeel
(Vs Ajeel)
- Jura, Orga, Ichiya, the Trimens (Hibiki, Ren, Eve)
: Jura and Orga reminisce their GMG fight
: trimens offer support, Eve countering sandstorm with snow, Ren clearing up sand with wind, etc.
(Vs Jacob)
- Bacchus, Elfman team up for his hand-to-hand
- Mest for his teleportation
- Cana for dimensional magic to trap him in his card or something. Maybe could play in Jacob's sensitivity to her attire too but that gag was quite unnecessary considering the intensity of this war.
(Vs Neinhart)
- Historia of the dead only affecting those with guilt. : as before, Simon to Kagura+Jellal+Erza.
: Ivan to Laxus+Makarov. Huge shocker bc nobody knew he died and that made them even more guilty., : Layla and Jude to Lucy. Lucy feels guilty for losing Aquarius's key and also not being able to reconcile with her father
Precht to maybe Warrod
Zera maybe to Mavis
outcome: Jellal+Laxus defeats Neinhart. Erza bonds with Kagura as big sister, Lucy becomes more empowered with protecting loved ones or something
(Vs August)
- fine with how it is but he died quite early. Should be more involved when Zeref and Mavis interacted. Also couldnt really understand the concept how mavis birthed him when she was frozen technically? Same as how Irene was pregnant with erza for so long like?? Even if enchanted with magic, that was quite intense LOL
(Vs Juliet and Heine)
Sting and Rogue vs J&H but Irene punishes Minerva for it in front of them. Minerva is at a closer tier to Erza than Mira is at this point, she is a better comparison for power scaling to foreshadow Irene
Other than these i think the other battles went on fine. The thing about God Serena i think many of yall have posted better ideas than i could. He wasnt that interesting to me to begin with so i dont feel much about him. Except for maybe Sting and Rogue could face his Historia version. Also equally embarsssing for his character.