Talukita said:
I'm tired about arguing this 7 years skip again and again....
The 7-years gap doesn't change the standard and the limit of characters, strong characters are still strong, it just gives those characters who haven't grown up to their full potential time to develop more. Do you think that 7 years would benefit people like Makarov or Gildartz any bit? Or just staying at home for 7 years definitely doesn't make you anyone stronger.
Fairy Tail pre skip is the strongest guild, while at the same time all the members are still very young, showing that they are genius mages and their potentials still can develop more and more. They managed to fight HADES, who would be able to solo this entire tournament with a single flick, and you think that they wiping out these nowhere fodders that don't even have any notable feats BS?! LOL.
The argument isn't with FT's member, but more with the people of Fiore. 7 years have passed and we are meant to believe that there are only 3 notable characters that might give FT a run for their money?(Minerva, Kagura & Jura) You can have someone be strong like you mentioned and have them do nothing for so many years, but don't expect people to think that the world doesn't catch up(which so far by looks of things Fiore mages haven't). If that's the case you might as well have Erza, Laxus as part of the 10 saints(considering Jura seems to be at their skill/power level) and have Natsu, Gray and the rest of the Tenrou team as actual S-class mages. They may have beaten Hades(as a team) but looking at how Sabretooth was presented at first is no different to them beating Hades as well. The 7yr timeskip so far seems like a gimmick for FT to be dethroned from their number 1 status and than lets us see them climb their way back to the top....and with ease.