User blog comment:Sargenttacos115/Natsu and Gajeel age Theory/@comment-108.250.20.180-20131117185004/@comment-108.250.20.180-20131118214412

thanks for the timeline link. so i'll rephrase my theory to say it's an amalgamation of the timelines. it's far less of a retcon than I've seen numerous times on this manga already. You're right though. I paid so little attention to the opening pages sometimes I forgot that one existed.