User blog comment:Marco the Marine Admiral/Laxus' Battle: Another Threesome?/@comment-3290324-20121224035724/@comment-4047931-20121227131722

Well it mainly the dvds that distracted me and I come from Scotland.

As for that question, Natsu and other characters have always been naturally strong but I do believe that going through all the past battles Natsu went through did contribute to the strength he has today but mainly that's a small factor in my eyes. As far as most of his battles go he has had help throughout, like with Jellal having Erza and Simon there, like with Zero having Jellal give him his power, like with Faust having Wendy and Gajeel support him... I could go on but lessens the idea of him being so powerful and even more so when tricks, like swallowing the God Flames, are but into the mix as it gives me the feeling that Natsu isn't as strong as any of the tough adversaries he battled. A believe there is no excuse to justify the results of that fight as Hiro just milked all he could from the power of feelings. As I see it Natsu, though strong, has plenty of characters above him but looking at the Second Origin I doubt it gave Natsu the power he had when facing Zero as it was probably the later of what Natsu thought where as with the Second Origin, it would only go as far to double the power of a Mage. Honestly though it looks like that Sting and Rogue are the same age as Natsu would be physically and seeing their ability to take down a guild without a scratch and the fact their bodies are infused with Dragon Lacrima, which lead to such powerful Mages like Laxus and Cobra, it would be expected to think that if you look at them before Natsu's unlocked his second origin Sting and Rogue would both be stronger than Natsu. Nevertheless Natsu may be getting stronger from his battles but I don't believe it would have the massive effect to be able to destroy Sting and Rogue like that and even with the second origin the effects wouldn't be enough to allow him to dominate two of the competitions strongest Mages with Dragon Force.