User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 390: The Story of a Boy, Review and Commentary/@comment-7418318-20140627131627/@comment-76.161.172.226-20140627155944

And Gajeel trashed Fairy Tail's guild hall, tortured and crucified Jet, Droy, and Levy, and tortured Lucy.

Yet readers have essentially forgotten and forgiven that, and Gajeel's now the main love interest for Levy.

I see little reason that Minerva can't do the same given she had a much better excuse than Gajeel did.