User blog comment:Mejiaj1/Top 10 perverts on Fairy Tail/@comment-4829046-20130611151339/@comment-4829046-20130612034142

Or it could stem from an even older part of the story, since the original DS introduced Natsu, Gajeel(later), Laxus were FT mages. And at that point in time, everyone thought they could actually kill Dragons.