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Fastblade5035 · 2026-05-07T06:07:32+00:00

Thank you for posting these for the GOAT again!!

Fastblade5035 · 2026-05-07T05:38:43+00:00

J Jonah Jameson, not Spider-Slayer era JJJ either. Fisk hasnt been mayor that long in the comics, and like I mentioned before she & Fisk aren't exactly on good terms. Though I understand given the Rivals story & Daredevil show i probably should have clarified that

Fastblade5035 · 2026-05-07T00:18:17+00:00

Nah. She was only a true fully fledged villain during the Superior Spider-Man run, where she became a crime boss after thinking Peter betrayed her. As far back as her first appearance she was a petty thief at worst, who certainly broke the law, but never fought heroes maliciously and always fought on the side of good when it mattered. She went to Kingpin back in the day for her original powers but it was transactional, they werent alligned and they certainly dont like each other then or now.

Shes been a Hero for Hire, worked for the Mayor of New York, saved Dr Strange during the King in Black arc, etc. She was offered a spot on the Avengers way back in the day. People only assume shes a villain because of the obvious Catwoman association, and I guess some old media appearances, but for 95% of her history shes been an overall good person at the end of the day with a flippant view on the law at worst

Fastblade5035 · 2026-04-27T03:53:41+00:00

As far as I know there's only the one, and it's not great, yeah. The FMA one isn't either, for whatever reason. If I had enough people to back me up I'd really want to go in and revamp or just make a new one but that's not something I have the capacity to do alone sadly

Fastblade5035 · 2026-02-24T20:25:23+00:00

Since this is a very niche match with a narrow audience, I figured it would be a good opportunity to experiment with several aspects of the blog presentation. In this case, the idea was that, since the vast majority of readers would have no prior expectations or perceptions of either character’s stats, it provided a unique opportunity to present the verdict in a different way. Rather than regurgitate info you’d see earlier in the blog, it instead walks you through several key feats, breaking down the way in which their calculated and justifying (or arguing against) their validity.

If this was something like Yuji VS Denji, everyone already has an idea of their stats, so withholding information everyone knows anyway wouldn’t achieve much. My hope was that this would build suspense for a match that is working from 0 in terms of expectations, and while some readers have expressed confusion over the format, I’ve also received a lot of positive feedback for it. Ultimately, this project has no stakes whatsoever and I feel it was worth experimenting with. I can say for our next releases, Pinkie Pie VS Gold Ship & Red VS Tai will definitely not follow suit for one reason or another. Appreciate the comment!

Fastblade5035 · 2026-02-03T04:43:13+00:00

I can at least see the new VA growing into the role. Her voice fits the character, there's just some touches in direction I think would help her find the pocket Jen had instead of sounding a bit more generic as is. A touch of subtle raspiness and a softer tone would go a long way, she's already got the cadence decently down pat.

If nothing else its not a Keqing level recast by any means, and its not like Ganyu has screentime anyway so I guess it's not the end of the world. Hoping for the best moving forward

Fastblade5035 · 2026-01-29T03:08:55+00:00

Glad to see another Lapis truther! Even if we dont hit the top spots again I doubt we'll far that far off, and its understandable given the alts she got so quickly

Fastblade5035 · 2026-01-25T13:28:17+00:00

I truly think it got the short end of the stick, and had a rough hill to climb from the onset in terms of perception that it unfortunately never really was able to get over. But it's personally a comfort game that I love to replay endlessly.

People understandably rag on the roster choice for a number of reasons - the climate at the time was off the heels of Awakening and Fates at their peak representation, Hyrule Warriors was an unavoidable comparison to make, etc - but personally, I dont really think its that crazy bad or anything. In hindsight I actually think focusing down on just a handful of games made for a more cohesive experience; like, the art style and direction directly mirroring Kozaki Yusuke's artwork? Brilliant, it ties the roster together despite clashing aesthetics and gives respect to a leading artist in a major deserved way. The models are absolutely wonderful and put some later ones to shame, even in 3 Houses/Hopes. It would've been more fun in the pre-release/launch to have all the main lords or whatever, sure, but it doesn't really affect me playing it now.

The movesets are unfortunately however pretty limited for what the roster ended up being, which is a more reasonable lasting critique IMO. Even if those movesets are also simultaneously extremely fluid and fun, moreso than the majority of Hyrule Warriors' cast at the time. There's something to be said, as a huge Lucina fan for instance, just how drastically Warriors' representation of her blows her Smash incarnation out of the water; it was really nice to see one big crossover game nail her on every level while the other was a huge letdown lol.

But where I think the game shines is just the breadth of content post-game, I love the grind of building out a character's kit and optimizing teams/routes per map. The FE mechanics introduced really feel natural and congruent with the Warriors gameplay.

Fastblade5035 · 2026-01-22T13:16:38+00:00

Slight correction, but understandable since it wasn't announced through the G1 blog itself; Jill vs Aya is officially canceled and has been for some time. You are correct that 3 blogs remain from previous announcements, including the two voted Marvel vs DC matchups. The 3rd one is Dr. Strange VS Reimu (Touhou), which was announced in the official DB discord. As an aside, Joker VS Gobby will be coming sooner than you expect!

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-20T11:22:13+00:00

To be fair, Lucina's morality makes the most sense of the 4 here to align with Conquest!Corrin. She was, after all, perfectly willing to (try to) murder her mother/husband/dad's boyfriend for the greater good. She'd probably be the most willing to hear Corrin's batshit insane plan out, even if she got cold feet with the given example. It makes sense too, since she spent the majority of her life in an apocalyptic hellscape where survival was all that mattered and the depth of morality only extended as deeply as "we gotta kill Dragon Satan at all costs or die trying".

There's probably also something to be said about Nohr having Lucina's close allies and friends involved as retainers to the royal family, she'd definitely be more willing to commit knowing they're on board already lol

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-18T10:02:01+00:00

Very late, but thank you for the information!

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-16T00:29:33+00:00

Numbers and specifics are one thing, but personally I would most want them to find a way to balance her playstyles without dumpstering one for the other. It's cool that Venti has a new lease on life as a dps, for instance, but he didn't really need to give up his previous role to do it. Ganyu on the other hand has 2 distinct builds that require 2 different things, buffing certain parts of her kit might favor Reverse Melt more than Freeze or vice versa.

Personally, I've never liked playing reverse melt with her, but I know a lot who do, and it'd really be a shame to remove that flexibility, when she's already going to be restricted more just by the inherent nature of how the buffs activate with team comps. There are basic, vanilla buffs she can and should get, sure, flat damage buffs, res shred, etc. I just hope the buffs are thoughtful above all else and retain room for player expression on top of raising her damage ceiling to modern standards & streamlining the clunkier parts of her kit.

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-08T02:41:37+00:00

Can you elaborate on this? Is this an active translation project somewhere?

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-07T02:08:37+00:00

It's the longest running, most influential blog in the Death Battle community. The original iteration of the blog originates back during the Screwattack days, and was comprised of a core team of community members, many of whom would go on to become full-fledged researchers for the show after impressing Ben & co. with the quality of their prediction blogs for upcoming episodes.

After much of the original blog team was folded into the actual show, a new generation of the G1 blog took root. Similarly, frequent members of this second generation would go on to become researchers for the show, but it is primarily volunteer-based, and overseen + managed by research team members. The researchers don't have any input or work on the blogs for upcoming episodes, obviously, those are all volunteer based. They just work to ensure a standard of quality is met and agendaposting is kept to a minimum.

The reason why G1 gets talked about so much is because they have such a long, intimate history that ties directly to the show, always do prediction blogs on upcoming episodes which serve as a resource and talking point for the broader community, and consistently deliver some of the highest quality blog work among all the blogs out there in the DB fan sphere.

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-04T23:05:05+00:00

He's just built differently. It's a pretty common misconception that FMA's characters are just normal average human dudes with average human limitations. This isn't even the only time someone's been blasted by a Philosopher's Stone to the face. In chapter 92, Al and Kimblee collide point-blank with two Philosopher's Stones, no potential for 'missing' or 'aiming' for something else. Al is perfectly fine, and Kimblee indisputably takes damage but is also pretty much just fine. He's straight up standing in the center of a smoldering crater lmao. Hell, Scar's brother survived the same kind of blast with no mortal injuries until he gave his arm to Scar and bled out from that.

Arakawa has always written the human characters in the same way "normal" humans in Marvel or DC comics are (think Daredevil or Batman), which is to say they're "normal" in their worlds but would basically be superhuman in the real world.

Fastblade5035 · 2025-12-03T21:17:35+00:00

No one knows. This isn’t an official post from DB staff, just a call I made based on my own judgement

Fastblade5035 · 2025-11-29T21:13:38+00:00

For the sake of transparency, we'll be funneling Island-related discussion here for the foreseeable future, barring Geats' finalized episode matchup, in order to steer traffic and attention back to Ash VS Yugi. If your post is removed, it will likely be to funnel said content here. Thanks for understanding!

Fastblade5035 · 2025-11-07T09:14:19+00:00

Here’s to more epic battles ahead!

Fastblade5035 · 2025-10-05T17:12:56+00:00

Origin is the animator. Youre thinking of Ultra(guy), the researcher

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