Death battle just announced this match up coming in a week from Tuesday. What are your thoughts?

To be honest I tried my best remaking from my old roster I posted a while back, but I chose this one due to fan demanded characters, story, fight potential
ROR Animated Series Season 1 Round 1 Thor vs Lu bu(1-0) (Battle of Power and Strength)
Round 2 Zeus vs Adam(2-0) (Battle of Judgment and Independence)
Round 3 Poseidon vs Sasaki Kojiro(2-1) (Battle of Pride and Humanity)
Round 4 Hercules vs Jack the Ripper(2-2) (Battle of Justice and Malice)
ROR Season 2 part 1 Round 5 Shiva vs Vlad the impaler(3-2) (Battle of Destruction and Transformation)
Round 6 Susanoo vs Blackbeard(4-2) (Battle of the Seas)
Round 7 Hades vs Nikola Tesla(5-2) (Battle of dignity and hope)
Round 8 Apollo vs King Leonidas(5-3) (Battle of Prophecy and Rebellion)After seeing what the author did with Leonidas, bringing him earlier and his hate being justified for bringing him out this early, also with Leonidas advancing as a General after death would give Tesla’s speech more impact.
ROR Season 2 part 2 Round 9 Beelzebub/Satan vs Buddha(5-4)This is supposed to be the big mid match of the series and I think this matchup would be better than with zero imo. After reading round 6 I reading about how miserable Zero was and how hajun was handled was kinda cringe for a lack of batter words and I think the message of loving yourself could be approved upon with a character like beelzebub
ROR Season 3 part 1 Round 10 Horus vs Qin Shi Huang(6-4) (Battle of kingship)
Round 11 Anubis vs Rasputin(6-5) (this one is a given)
Round 12 Loki vs Simo Hayha(6-6) (Battle of tricks and traps)
Round 13 Odin vs Nostradamus(7-7) (Battle of wisdom and arrogance)
ROR Season 3 part 2 Round 14 Vidar vs Siegfried(7-8) (Battle of Vengeance and Revengeance

Primordial origin revives as Pseudo-venerable but he has rank 9 immortal Gu and rank 9 immortal essence stored in the Primordial treasury
He attacks fang yuan, with a rank 9 killer move, fang yuan has no choice but to reveal his rank 9 heavenly web
Everybody is shocked! They understand fang yuan can refine rank 9 immortal gu!!
Knowing his trump card was exposed, fang yuan goes mental and attacks without holding back
a chaotic battle ensues! it goes on, giant sun joins Primordial and Star constellation and fights fang yuan, fang yuan uses Spectral soul as a cover and fights, after lots of fighting,
fang yuan escapes after inflicting injuries on all of them, he has heavenly web as protection after all, and he can attack with it as well
He goes back takes primordial domain, raises his heaven path attainment and all other path attainment and makes a rank 9 clone with paradise earth's corpse
Refines a few more rank 9 gu
Meanwhile Primordial origin goes rank 9, revives Genesis lotus!
Meanwhile Feng jiu ge revives Red Lotus immortal venerable!
Spectral soul through fire gu regains his sanity!! we gets his poem!
Fang Yuan becomes stronger and stronger after refining multiple rank 9 gu from the ressources he stole from central continent
Spectral soul goes back to crazed demon cave, an inheritance was left out by limitless there on purpose, he knew he might fail and left it there, even the "Sovereign immortal body recipe" was made by derivation gu and given to spectral soul by limitless!
Fang yuan starts the final climactic battle just before his chaotic disaster tribulation!!
Giant sun, star constellation, Primordial origin, genesis lotus, Red Lotus, feng jiu ge VS Fang yuan and his clone!!
A Huge chaotic battle that flips the regions and heavens on their back ensues!
Before or after the battle, Fang yuan acquires Self Gu! He makes it eat a part all rank 9 immortal gu! It keeps growing in level
Self gu unlike other immortal gu can eat parts of every gu, thats how it raises its rank!
Wisdom gu, strength gu, heavenly secret gu, heavenly web gu.....etc
Fang yuan finnaly understand and grasps fully the legends of renzu and understand that all this was Renzu's plan!
He couldnt get freedom and as everybody knows All variants human or beasts can never reach rank 9, therefore renzu sacrificied himself and his kids to make it possible for new people to reach rank 9 and be able to destroy fate gu!!!
Humans are devoid of attributes or talents unlike variant humans but that in turn restricts them! Snowman can only cultivate snow and ice path, rockman only sleep and cultivate rock path....
Renzu created a race so shortlived they wanted attain eternal life! so weak they sought strength! perservering so much they would take on humilation and torture if they had a chance of rise up
How does it compare to rockman who sleep centuries or featherman who would kill themselves the moment they lost freedom?
Thats why fate gu enslaved humanity to begin with, it was to stop them and renzu's plan, but fate gu supressed them so much and they still kept on living
But according to the heavenly dao, things had to be balanced so fate gu was forced to give them chances to rise up and so they did until it ended up with fate gu destruction!!

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It always seemed like reason for Gamora's absence after Endgame would be some big reveal. I'm sure most of us are familiar with the time travel disagreement between Endgame directors the Russo bros who say time traveling auto creates branch realities vs Endgame writers Markus and McFeely who said time traveling does not auto create a branch, but instead said that Banner described a closed loop, but then learned from the Ancient One that a branch reality can be created if an infinity stone is taken without being put back. This would mean that Cap never created a branch and was always secretly Peggy's husband under the alias Roger Stevens (as they stated in this article). This was teased when Red Guardian said in Black Widow he fought Cap in the 80's, which would be possible if Cap indeed time traveled on a closed loop. Markus and McFeely's closed loop rules were clearly used in Ms. Marvel when Kamala went back in time and fulfilled her predestined role in the past by leading her child grandmother back to her father at the train. It was always her that did it and she did not create a branch even though she time traveled.
According to Markus and McFeely's rules, Tony's snap would not have killed Thanos, but instead sent him and his entire army back to 2014 with no memory of the Endgame battle so that the timeline would play out as it always did without creating a branch. This would mean that 2014 Gamora would also have been dusted back to 2014 with no memory of Endgame, live the events of Guardians 1 and 2 and then die in Infinity War like she always did. This would have meant the version of Gamora in Guardians 3 could not be 616 Gamora because 616 Gamora is dead. She also happens to show up with a bunch of Ravagers who were not at the Endgame battle and who are all from reality 691 in the comics.. including Krugarr who is 691's sorcerer supreme. I figured this could mean that this Gamora could be from the same reality as all these ravagers.
I had this debate on an old post with a user who decided to tweet James Gunn asking if the Gamora from Guardians 3 is the same Gamora from Endgame, and Gunn actually responded with one word.. "yes." But if this is the case I think it would have been quite necessary to explain how Gamora ended up with a bunch of characters who were not at the Endgame battle for her to leave with. Instead it seems he intentionally glossed over this and we are just to accept she's a Ravager now with no explanation. Anyone else feel the mystery of Gamora's absence that's been a mystery since 2019 should have been explained in Guardians 3? Thoughts?

Im playing immortal empires WH3 Slaughterhorn Tribe. In battles vs both Dark Elves and the Mummy's bums, one or two of my Minotaur units just drops dead. loses all of its health and the entire unit just collapses. Does anybody know why this could be?

Rewatched the extended trilogy on a covid bender this past week, got me thinking and just wanna quickly go over the facts and comparison to the other kings. He is a major player in the trilogy, since its kind of a fantasy world war I'm measuring his worth as a war time king. Feel free to argue:

• Aragorn, King of Gondor: Almost no comparison, Theoden pretty much admits himself he got out kinged with a line after the fight at Helm's Deep, something like: "I'm not the one to inspire our men to victory" *heavy nods towards Aragorn.
• Sauron, King of Bads: Won't lean on the irony, we all agree he led a bigger empire for longer though. Inspired millions, strategic planner, more affective at being a "king" in every way than Theoden.
• Witch King, King of Numenor: Don't know much about his days of being a real king of Numenor. Even still, the guy existed for 7 centuries and killed Theoden on the battlefield, so easy call. According to the wiki also nearly snuffed the line of Gondor out. Effective war king, possibly decent regular king at one point.
• Denethor, "Steward" of Gondor: "Just burn me up" Denethor sucks as a person. Definitely. Though if you take his plan and play it out: He wanted the ring at Gondor, which was actually not so far off from Mordor. If Faramir had brought Frodo to his castle, Denethor likely could have gone crazy anyway since the ring speeds up that affect, then perhaps still attempted "Filicide" (son murder). This would have left THREE hobbits to sneak into Mordor at around the same time after Pippin shows up with Gandalf. End of the day, He made his decisions in the interest of the realm of men despite being dumb, AND had his men out actively fighting the known threat without hesitation.
• King of the Dead, King of Dunharrow/ Mountain Men: Maybe the lowliest contender, did not help til much later, and he was dead by that point. Still, Kept his word in the end to the line of Gondor, and led his followers out of purgatory and into a victorious fight, arguably saving the entire city of Gondor along with every survivor in that war. Mystery man, but he DID rule the mountain men of Dunharrow at some point, and presumably didn't help Isildur in the first place to save his men's lives. Similar to Witch king- Who knows, but I'd still take him over Theoden to get things done for the people.

-Theoden, King of Rohan: When we find him in the story, he has already been whisper defeated by a guy basically named "I'm an evil whisperer". You could say it was a form of magic- So then why didn't anyone else succumb? His own daughter shrugged it off fine. Then when he does get his wits back, his instinct of trying to save people by headin to helms deep while admirable, is tactically just a terrible move. This has been pointed out before by many others. His cavalry army was proven to work, and most affective in open plains vs the Uruk-hai + all of Sarumans explosives and ladders would have been wasted effort.
This is followed up with pretty much no thought process whatsoever during the battle of Helms Deep. When he is miraculously saved by his allies, what is his answer to some of those same people when asked for help? (for the good of the realm notwithstanding): Nope. Those specific people of Gondor didn't help him, why does heee have to? Even though their last standing king just put his neck on the line like a day ago, right after quasi-dying giving his lazy butt an escort. Theoden does come around not too long after, which is a positive.
Forward to the battle however.. I know his speech inspired some, but it goes :
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride to Gondor! Ride for ruin, and the world’s ending!
And then, he just yells "Death" like three times? Why would you prime them with that thought?
Compare that to Aragorn's Helms deep speech, which goes:
A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day!
Really now, which is going to inspire you to fight best and not die? He even steals Aragorns line about shields for no reason, I swear. Proceeds to then ride his cavalry line straight into the biggest threat on the field, the Oliphants, with zero plan. The dumb dumb. The fellowship themselves really had to carry the weight of that battle.
Anyways, I maybe have been cranky cuz I was stuck inside too long. I will give Theoden the benefit of some doubt. I love that one of the first thing he asks when he comes to and lovingly greets Eowyn is "Where is my son?". Clearly a decent dad when not being wormtongued. Also manned up and tried to fight the Witch King, which was pretty unfair with that felbeast chompin on everything.

Spoilers Ahead
I was very fortunate in being able to buy a copy of Pilgrims of Fire, the latest Adepta Sororitas novel, so first of all a big shout out to firestormgames here in the UK for putting their stock up for sale several weeks after the initial release, be that on purpose or just when they got their stock in. I haven't seen any discussion of the novel itself on the internet so given that I've just finished it I thought I'd give some thoughts.
Plot Summary
Pilgrims of Fire is set in two distinct timelines, one just before the Fall of Cadia and one sometime after, both following sisters beloning to the Order of Our Matyred Lady. One follows a group of Sisters on the holy world of Cion (I see what you did there Justin) and the other follows a group of Sisters that are part of a fleet in the Indomitus Crusade that is making its way to Cion (retracing Saint Katherine's "Pilgrimige of Fire" to Cion). There is also a third story following a penal legion, the Chem Dogs, that is acompanying the Sisters on their way to Cion but I'll talk about them in more detail later as they were both my favourite part of this book and also probably the worst part of this book.
So the plot itself isn't exactly the most complicated but I'm always a sucker for converging timelines so I appreciated the structure. I also really liked how it flicked back and forth between the two timelines so I was always left hungry trying to figure out how the two would meet. It definitely isn't super complex but it works.
What I liked

• The book did a fantastic job of almost making the Adepta Sororitas a setting in and of themselves. By that I mean that their fanatacism was constantly brought to the fore and how this was woven into their entire existence. The detail of the rituals, the sounds, the smells, the relics, the awe whichs those relics inspire in the Sisters, the awe wich the Sisters inspire in everyone else, and the sheer strength of devotion were all handled really well. Justin constantly brings this out and highlights these things, giving the reader a fantastic grounding in that world.
  
• Horror was another aspect that I felt was done really well. There are two sections in which this is really explored. The first is when the Sisters are crossing the Cicatrix Maledictum and the description you get of how this affects the navigator, Sister Albreda, and the large group of people who went insane/died during the crossing. You get a good sense of why Cicatrix Maledictum is such a problem and so terrifying to people. The second, and more impressive, expression of horror is the descripton of the Cicatrix Maledictum first erupting across the galaxy and how that instantly turns Cion into a raging inferno of violence and slaughter, with literal blood rain from what I can tell. The whole scene felt truly apocalyptic, as it rightfully should, and really played into the holy-unholy theme the whole book regularly goes back to, but I'll touch on that later with the Chem Dogs.
  

What I thought could be better

• None of the Sisters really stood out all that much as interesting characters. They were mostly variations on "I am fanatical battle nun" with not one but two exceptionally holy Sisters who used power swords. This is where the structure potentially worked against the author as we're following two groups with similar hierarchies and similar character archetypes, making it harder for them to feel distinct. To me it seemed like there was definitely some attempt at mirroring characters in the two groups but to what thematic point I don't know.
  
• My second issue is that the eponymous Pilgrim felt a little underserved. The Sisters in the present day only start on the Pilgrimage over halfway through the book and so the whole thing feels a bit rushed. We spend a decent amount of time on the first planet they get to and on Cion at the end but everything inbetween is kind of breezed through in a couple of lines. This meant that, for me, it didn't really conenct with me emotionally when they started going on about how arduous the Pilgrimage was and all that they'd lost. I hadn't seen (read?) their struggle, I'd been told it (kind of the book version of show don't tell).
  
• Thirdly, the Sisters seemed a bit too good? Yes there is a bit of execution via immolation, Penitent Engines, and a rather grusome scene at the end involving sewing someone's lips shut with wire. However, the Adepta Sororitas in the wider lore are really really bad people, driven by their religious fanaticism to do truly horiffic things. But in this book they come off as noble and holy knights fighting the good fight. This is obviously part of the wider problem BL has with most of the books being from the Imperium's POV.
  

The Chem Dogs
As mentioned previously, I really like the Chem Dogs sections but also I think they are probably the worst part of this book. The Chem Dogs are penal legion made up of really really bad people, it is heavily inferred that one of the main Chem Dog characters is a cannibal, who are given lots of stims to help them fight and a shot to the head if they try to retreat. All of the Chem Dogs you meet in the book feel so vibrant and different from anyone else in the book, in complete opposition to the Sisters. Their place in the military is also super interesting, with even the high ranking officers being criminals and them having to scavange all their equipment. It is just a really interesting setup for a group of people and honestly I'd love a book just about them.
The Chem Dogs also play into that wider theme of the holy and the unholy. The Chem Dogs are the lowest of the low in the Imperium but fight with the "highest of the highs" in the Sisters. Cion is a holy world turn to chaos, Lizbet and Branwen's arcs, and even Impirum Nihilus vs Imperium Sanctus. This is a really good theme to pull out with the Sisters but I do think there is someting interesting to be done there with subverting the idea that the Sister's are in reality this good holy thing, again feeding into my above complaint about how the Sisters are represented.
And this leads into why I don't think the Chem Dogs stuff works in this book. That theme of the holy and unholy doesn't really do anything interesting for me and the Chem Dogs storyline always feels like a bit of a sideshow. It just feelsl ike that time we spent with the Chem Dogs could have been better used to address my two biggest issues with this book: the lack of focus on the pilgrimage and the lack of distinctness between the Sisters. So to sum that up, the Chem Dogs stuff is great and I want a book about just them but they don't really seem to have a place in this book and take away time that could have been better spent elsewhere.
Overall
I did quite like this book, despite the above, as it was a fun romp and the places it excelled, its sense of place and horror, did a great job of inspiring fantastically vivid images as I read it. It is worth reading if you can get your hands on it and please write a Chem Dogs book Justin, having a cannibal main character or something similar would be a fun spin on the usual Imperial Guard stories. But it would be great to hear what others thought of the book, especially if you disagree with any of my points, and congrats to anyone who read all the way through this long rambly post!

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Hey fellow sports enthusiasts, I hope you're all having an incredible day! I've been engrossed in some fascinating match-ups recently and I can't help but wonder about your thoughts on them as well.
Do you remember that captivating face-off between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Chicago Bulls? Now, there was a game that had my heart racing! The strategic plays, the power dynamics, the spirit of competition – it was all there! Do you think the 76ers had the upper hand or was it the Bulls who outplayed them? What was your favorite moment from this riveting encounter?
Then there was the classic battle between the Bulls and the Golden State Warriors. I don't know about you, but I've always found the contrast in their playing styles absolutely intriguing. From the Warriors' precision shooting to the Bulls' aggressive rebounding, the match was nothing short of a tactical masterpiece. Who would you say brought their A-game that day?
Moving from the hardwood to the gridiron, how can we forget the electrifying face-off between the New England Patriots and the Dallas Cowboys? The tactical maneuvering in that game was an absolute treat for all NFL enthusiasts. Do you think the Cowboys' offensive line was strong enough or did the Patriots' defense steal the show? What was your standout moment from the game?
Speaking of the Patriots, their game against the Pittsburgh Steelers was another demonstration of football at its finest. The tension, the rivalry, the sheer thrill of the game – it was like watching a high-stakes chess match, but with 22 men on the field! Steelers fans, do you think your team outmatched the Patriots, or did the Patriots' strategic game-play shine through?
I'm really interested to hear your thoughts on these games. Who were the real stars? Were there any unexpected strategies that took you by surprise? And most importantly, who do you think are the top contenders this season?
Looking forward to an exciting discussion, sports fans. And remember, no matter who we root for, it's the love of the game that brings us together!
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Welcome ladies and gentlemen, to part 6 of 9 of the deathbattle Episode Accuracy Survey!
For those of you who missed the previous posts, to keep things brief, this survey examines all 171 current episodes of Death Battle, and asks sub members to vote on whether or not they’re accurate by discussing and debating with each other.
THE ARCHIVES:
Season 5: 100%
Season 4: 93.75%
Season 3: 78.57%
Season 2: 84.38%
Season 1: 80%
RESULTS OF SEASON 5 SURVEY
Overall, this sub believes 16/16 episodes from Season 5 are accurate, giving it an accuracy rating of 100%.
The closest “accurate” episode to an “inaccurate” rating was Carnage VS Lucy with 31 upvotes.
The most upvoted and least upvoted episodes were Roshi VS Jiraiya and Carnage VS Lucy respectively.
According to the results of this survey, both Mario VS Sonic 2011 and Mario VS Sonic 2018 are accurate.
Today we look at Season 6, the final season of the 2010s, and the first to fully feature animated Wiz and Boomstick. Highlights include a strong roster of highly requested characters, the debut of the SFM team, and to many people, one of DB’s most controversial battles. Two weeks from now we’ll be looking at Season 7. Until then, refresh yourself on the rules, and enjoy discussing the 16 episodes of Death Battle Season 6!
While you’re discussing them, remember to have a bang up time, huh? Haha, shoot me.
RULES:

1. Every episode of a given season will have its own highlighted comment. If you agree with the episode’s verdict upvote that comment, if you disagree, downvote, and if you are uncertain, do not vote.
   
2. There are multiple standards people use to determine accuracy. For some people, if an episode’s calcs are wrong but the verdict itself is correct, they may still find that episode inaccurate. Other episodes may have been right at the time but rendered irrelevant or incorrect by new media. While I am not arguing for everyone to adopt one standard for use outside of this survey, for the purposes of this survey, all votes should be influenced by the following principle: Do you believe the victor should still be the victor if the fight was made today?
   
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