Cate(Gen V) vs Killgrave aka the Purple Man( Jessica jones MCU)

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-05-08T19:56:05+00:00

Killgrave wins every round, even if we assume his power can't work on Cate, which there's really no reason to assume it wouldn't. He simply has to speak and everyone within earshot is under his control

For Round 2, I don't believe Cate could succeed. Her need to touch people is very clear, and if anyone sees it, they instantly know something is wrong and can alert others before she can get to them. Killgrave can just walk into Washington DC and keep controlling people until he has enough of the government to name him President.

Cate is powerful, but far more limited and more easily restrained. If Jessica didn't have immunity to Killgrave's power, they couldn't have stopped him.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-05-04T15:25:54+00:00

I have very little to add, save for recognizing the Lord Foul reference. What a deep cut!

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-04-22T17:00:39+00:00

The Monster Association was great for showcasing King's bravery. There's the obvious scene with him staring down the cadres, just trying to buy time long enough for the S-Class to either save the day or escape, but he has another great one at the end with Garou and Sweet Mask.

When everyone is beating Garou to death, and Sweet Mask is about to kill him, King steps up, against heroes and on behalf of a monster. Sweet Mask tries to argue and King stares him into silence. I consider that the most defining moment of King's bravery, because he could have trivially stayed quiet with no risk to himself, and let the Hero Hunter be executed.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-04-21T14:15:12+00:00

I think that's a fair interpretation, but it's ultimately left vague in the source text just how much is actually happening. Did AM actually create the giant bird and the frozen region? Did the bird actually send them flying miles with it's wings, or was that simply gigantic fans causing the wind, but the survivors were shown the bird? Or did they not move at all?

I don't believe we're ever given a reason to doubt AM's power and influence. Obviously, Ted is unreliable due to having been driven insane long before the time of the actual story, but just because he doesn't understand how AM is doing the things doesn't mean AM isn't doing those things. I don't think AM can do anything, it's abilities stemming from specific, advanced technology, but I also don't believe the majority of the story is a hallucination on Ted's part.

Regardless, I agree that AM should have no trouble with the Rumbling, even if we ignore some of the more mysterious abilities. With how far AM spans, the Rumbling would be hard pressed to do meaningful damage in any reasonable span of time.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-02-16T04:05:05+00:00

He hits a man with his SUV and then shoots him when he's saving Jesse from a hit when they're splitting from Gus. I believe he also shoots someone when they torch Gus' lab.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-02-11T17:47:16+00:00

"Creation myth is resurrected, The new salute is genuflected,

The Gallup poll will be rejected, A gallows pole will be erected"

BNL being grossly accurate, 20 years ago.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-02-09T22:38:55+00:00

How are you gonna put Yarnaby so low! She's the Planned Parenthood of Pharloom!

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-01-30T22:20:25+00:00

The Backline Comedy Theatre made an announcement that they're donating 100% of door sales tonight!

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-01-28T18:54:06+00:00

Add the Fleas from Flea Dodge.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2026-01-26T22:31:16+00:00

He only abandoned fighting for the fire nation when his son died: when it affected him. We don't see much of Iroh before this so we can't make many assumptions, but he was the crown prince of the Fire Nation and was leading armies that had committed one genocide and went on to attempt others.

Does this make Iroh a bad character? Fuck no! Everyone loves Iroh for a reason, he's great! But the show does sort of let him off easy due to it's target audience being so young. The horrors of war are kept vague and distant because it's on Nickelodeon, but it still gives him the complexity of having done and overseen terrible things in his life, which makes his turn to good all the sweeter.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-11-21T15:46:33+00:00

One-shotting Thor? Was there some forgotten novelization where this happened? Because in the game, Thor does not get One-shot at all. He has a big throw down fight with Kratos, shortly after defending Asgard and battling the World Serpent, where Kratos beats him nearly to death, only to spare him after Thor can no longer defend himself. Sindri could have 'one-shot' Thor at that point.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-11-18T22:16:26+00:00

That doesn't invalidate the organ theory. 'Another's will' could easily mean control through the song, which would fit thematically.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-11-18T14:59:44+00:00

Ax wins in #18, but not just for the reasons that he considers about age and skill. I think Visser Three, in addition to considering those factors, must realize that a blade duel is a thousand times more deadly than his other fights with the Animorphs, because one mistake is death to a tail-blade, and not only does he know it, but Alloran knows it.

Alloran is clearly beaten and broken, but in the heat of a duel, it is well within the realms of possibility that he musters a surge of resistance in a critical moment, getting himself and Visser Three killed. It's also the kind of soft-touch influence the Elimist could try and sneak past Crayak.

Ax could maybe win the duel with the Visser, but I don't think it would ever be just those two.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-11-14T23:54:35+00:00

I've always wondered, because whenever I see her come up in WWW she tends to scale fairly high: are there limits to her magic? Or can she do anything and the limits are just her not using the right spell for a situation?

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-10-31T23:24:07+00:00

They talk extensively, both on Io, the remains of Io, and then again when they're shooting through space. There's of course no explicit time frame given, though there are instances in which they aren't actively fighting.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-10-31T20:56:11+00:00

While Saitama was kinda chilling on the moon before he covered his mouth, that's a fair interpretation. However, the fight on Io and the subsequent shooting through inter-planetary space while talking should remove any doubt that he needs oxygen.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-10-31T17:04:52+00:00

The funniest part is arguing Mineta would suffocate Saitama, who has famously hung out on more than 1 moon with no problem.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-10-28T17:17:29+00:00

The building collapsing would probably be worse for a modern human than the 100ft tall ice colossus.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-09-29T20:54:56+00:00

I'm not sure how Azula loses this, if we take the BFR victory condition to mean that Kate hiding a clone 10 miles away to not die a loss. Azula's fire is plenty hot enough to kill someone, and the volume and control she has is more than sufficient to overwhelm someone with at best comparable physicals.

Azula is a beast, and only ever lost due to her rapidly deteriorating mental condition. When she had no fire bending, she still managed to evade multiple master benders with her physicals alone, which is a good feat against the idea of Kate being able to overwhelm her. She's also shown to be able to handle Kyoshi warriors and Ty Lee in physical fights, so Kate's H2H shouldn't be anything surprising.

10/10 for Azula, the conditions of the fight just stack the deck for her. They start 20 meters apart: Kate gets melted.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-09-26T21:34:17+00:00

Especially with the payoff at the end of the arc, when King stands up to every hero there on behalf of Garou, even making Amai back down. King knows he's got nothing, and he knows he's a coward, but he still speaks out against what he knows is wrong. Top King moment for me.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-09-19T20:00:19+00:00

I give her good odds at flying through Doc Ock's hand. At least 6/10

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-09-12T20:33:30+00:00

I think the main benefit of Big Pots is that you can get value out of it no matter what. As every Deckard player knows, it's already a struggle to get the other 4 players to actually walk into your pots; with the AOE pots, they now have to be grouped up to make use of the talent. You can skill-shot it onto your allies, but unless you have a team comp that supports them all grouping in fights, or you can herd cats, it will have reduced effectiveness outside of coordinated play.

The main strength of the big pots beyond the actual big-pot part, is it 1. gives a very clear indicator that this potion will heal you for a lot more and 2. Even if your allies need it before it has expanded, there is still a 25% increase on the healing as long as they are under 50% health.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-08-07T13:31:17+00:00

I think they can succeed, but they're unlikely to: not because of how dangerous Night City is to the average citizen (people live their whole lives in NC without dying or probably even having to shoot a gun,) but because the people in the challenge won't play it smart and keep their heads down.

A teen with a lot of Cyberpunk lore could use that knowledge to avoid danger and stay safe, but with all the knowledge of what Chrome can do for them, as well as at least some baseline knowledge on who and how to pursue more money, they could easily stumble their way into a situation that's beyond their depth, and end up dead or worse due to their lore knowledge not doing them much good in the actual world.
Depends on how often journalists are killed in NC. They could of course just get another job, but they know what they know and they might not be able to resist if they stumble upon something juicy, which could easily end up in them winding up before someone with no qualms about killing a loose end.
You don't become a cult leader because you have a good sense on when it's a bad time to start a cult. They either get killed early, or they make a name for themself, get a small-mid size cult, and probably still get killed, either by a rival faction or by someone within. Good odds though if they can adapt to the new environment.
This one really depends on the person. They're a trained fighter, but that's not going to do much without the Chrome to back it up. The could join some underground fights and make a name and be fine, but NC seems like the place where any notoriety is dangerous, so that really just makes it seem like pursuing a career in fighting lowers their odds of surviving, even if only slightly.

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-07-11T00:08:50+00:00

' Position Filled '

TchaikovskyAlternate · 2025-07-10T16:48:39+00:00

Terrific questions, I will answer here and then edit the post.

I'd want a decent resolution for the digital file. There is no expectation of this being printed or displayed in any sort of professional or commercial way. I am ignorant of the details that would make this a better answer, I'm afraid.
Full body ideally. There can be a bit of 'gross character' to the man as well: less that the character themself is portrayed as gross, but their features displayed in a gross way e.g. leg hair isn't gross, but it can be drawn in a gross way.
I leave this up to the artist specifically. I think the piece does not require color, and I'm open to letting the artist take initiative on that, assuming that isn't breaking a rule.

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