User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-25111584-20150602132552

Btw, just for the sake of discussing, why does anybody believe that Minerva would be able to deflect Laxus' attacks or trap him in a different dimension?
 * Laxus broke out of Mystogan's illusion using brute force. Likewise, he wasn't affected by the latter's Sleep Magic. Just because he was that strong (or should we include Dispelling Magic or something in Laxus' kit? <- sarcasm, sorry).
 * We know that Ice-Make has no special properties to make it resistant to Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, yet Natsu couldn't melt Lyon's ice. The only explanation possible is that Lyon was just that powerful at that point. (Lyon awesomeness! \( ^_^)/)
 * A similar situation to the dimensional entrapment mentioned: Natsu negated Genesis Zero by sheer force.
 * A similar situation to the deflection of attacks: Jellal's Grand Chariot and Sema managed to strike Midnight despite the fact that Reflector was not being used elsewhere and Midnight had ample warning about Jellal's next move.

For me, all of this just means that Minerva's Magic won't even affect Laxus. He'll just burst out of any bubbles Minerva makes and Minerva will not be able to guard against his attacks. All she can do is flit around, but even Erza was fast enough to catch her off her guard even when she was a Demon (and before the speeches had begun). Laxus is literally lightning fast (and actually uses that attribute, thankfully :P).

As Aizen explained to Soi Fon, if the power difference is humongous, the weaker person's abilities, no matter how deadly or versatile, would simply be negated by their opponent's overwhelming power. FTverse doesn't have to work like that, but above precedents kinda point to the fact that it does.