User blog comment:Tutles/Episode 117: Thunder Crashes Review/@comment-3290324-20120211224830/@comment-2106167-20120212085904

Now you're the one being irrational. The weak person might as well remain weak, while the stronger grows even stronger. This whole argument is built on a supposition and from instances from other series. In addition, if you don't count age as a factor, Laxus and Erza, both in their prime, are nowhere near Toshiro and Shunsui.

So NO, GM, he doesn't win the debate. -.-

Laxus WAS TAUGHT his Magic? Fun. Find me another character so far shown using Lightning Magic (aside from Anime Only crap, that is). Any clue? No. There's no way to tell that Laxus isn't a self-taught person. His Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic was implanted, but his primary Magic wasn't. In addition, Erza was only shown awakening Telekinsesis by herself... No idea where her Requip stems from, but, since it is a much more common magic that Laxus', she might as well have learnt it and then perfected it.