User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-25111584-20150602132552/@comment-136.145.70.3-20150602162019

For some reason a lot of people are saying that Minerva can win against Laxus in terms of magic and intelligence. SERIOUSLY???? she doesn't even come close to Laxus and I'm not that big a fan of Laxus, but seriously you people are delusional. Saying that Minerva is smarter than Laxus is anyones opinion, but Laxus has shown that he is smart and a capable leader; we see that when he planned the takeover and mobilize the thunder tribe. The only reason why Laxus' takeover didn't work in the end, was because he actually cared for the fairy tail members from the bottom of his heart; that's why Fairy law version "Pain" didn't work. We also have to remember that most of the people who Laxus have fought before are people with brute strength(Natsu, Gajeel, Hades, Jura, Orga, Tempesta), so there's no reason to come up with a plan when fighting like that.

In terms of magic power she doesn't even come close to him. People are saying that Minerva can just warp the space around Laxus and hold him down in a separate dimension and try to defeat him or hit him with a yagdo rigora, but do you really think that Laxus is just going to let himself get caught when clearly he can turn into lightning and move at high speeds( maybe not as fast as Jellal). Seriously??? Others are saying that she can negate his attacks by manipulating space and that in the end it'll turn into a battle of stamina. AND you people think that she has a higher Stamina than Laxus. SERIOUSLY???? Are we reading the same manga???

Let us remember that Minerva's magic revolves around the manipulation of space(where she can create explosions) within her line of vision; that itself is a HUGE WEAKNESS. Laxus can just counter by blinding her with a flash lightning( kinda how Lucy and Loke dealt with Bixlow) and then proceed to move quickly with his lightning body and beat her to a pulp. The only way for Minerva to logically win agaisn't Laxus is if he were drugged or poisoned before battle other han that ther's no way in hell she'll beat him in a one on one given all of the info and stats from the manga.

Finally I'll just ask everyone who thought that Minerva would win, that if she were fighting a 1 on 1 against Gildarts, Jellal, Jura or even Cobra, do you still think that she would have won? These are all people with brute strength and the only one who is smart is Jellal(maybe Jura) for obvious reason. But lets say if she were fighting Gildarts, do you believe she'll win with all of your points and "Facts"? No a lot of you are gonna say that he can just crash the space, because he is to OP and he would rape her. My point is that if your going to do a battle thread you should look at things objectively and for how they are not what you perceive them to be. And let us remember that the author has the last word and if he wants to make Minerva win against Laxus or even Gildarts he can very well do it, but it'll be what we call BULLSHIT(Like all of Erza's fight in the Tartaros arc).