User blog:Fedora Lord Para 348/Defending Death Battle Fanon: A Series by ParaGoomba348

Hey guys, ParaGoomba348 here. I'm going to start a weekly or biweekly series where I'll, well, defend a fanon Death Battle on here. I know that fanboy rage happens a lot here, and to counter that, I will, every week, take a fanon Death Battle that has significant fanboy rage and offer my thoughts as to how the fight ended the way it did.

RULES:


 * 1) I have to agree with the battle. This isn't like the Hall of Records where I'll include a fight because I can see the outcome, I have to agree with the fight completely.  Not going to list off fights I won't include here because that's not cool.
 * 2) Don't bug me to include one of your fights here.
 * 3) If you piss me off in some way, I will not defend your battle.
 * 4) No Animatronic fights.
 * 5) The fight must be well-written and research must be done right. If you got the outcome right even though you didn't do good enough research, what's the point?

Anyway, here goes.

Week 1: Silver vs. Mewtwo


Alright, I've seen a lot of rage towards this battle. Granted, I've heard a lot of praise for it too, but don't lie, you've seen someone disagree with this one somewhere down the road.

But what if I told you that Chesknight did this one just about perfectly? Here goes.

Claim 1: Mewtwo can predict Silver's moves with Future Sight!

Alright, let's think about something here: What can Silver do?

Let's see... he can use psychokinesis to pick stuff up and throw it at Mewtwo, or attempt to move Mewtwo himself. Honestly, there's not a whole lot in Silver's immediate arsenal that would really catch Mewtwo off-guard anyway. If anything, Future Sight would be a waste of Mewtwo's own power, as he could probably predict Silver's next move coming anyway.

Now, I know what you're thinking. "Shouldn't it be able to predict Super Silver too?"

The answer is, yes, but he wouldn't be able to predict it or react to it fast enough. Super Silver is much faster than anything Mewtwo has had to canonically deal with, and Future Sight isn't letting him react to that anytime soon. Next.

Claim 2: What about moves like Trick Room, Disable, or Guard Swap?

Chesknight made it very clear that he was using Anime/Manga Mewtwo rather than Game Mewtwo.

Also, what would they do? Trick Room would make Mewtwo faster, but it would be based on a time limit. Disable can only disable one move at a time, and again, has a time limit.

As for moves like Guard Swap and Power Swap, what would they even do against Super Silver? Would Super Silver be completely immune to the technique? Would Mewtwo become invincible and get Silver's power? Would the Chaos Emeralds' protection affect it in any way?

Well, we don't really know! There's literally no way to tell how the two would affect each other. If anything, I'm willing to say that Super Silver's invulnerability would make him immune to Guard/Power Swap.

Also, if Chesk was to use Game Mewtwo, then Mewtwo's feats go out the window and there's not much to go by. Plus, then it means that his moves have Power Points, which means that if Silver managed to outlast him (which he would), then Mewtwo would have to resort to struggling after a while.

Claim 3: The comics are non-canon!

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I hate this claim so much.

Alright, let's get something straight here. The comics are not non-canon. SEGA and Archie never said that the comics weren't canon to the series. What's going on here is that the people who read the battle are treating the comics as something that doesn't deserve to be canon rather than something that could be.

Also, for all you people saying that he should have used Game/Composite Mewtwo... seriously? Game Mewtwo and Anime Mewtwo have completely different abilities and are almost completely different characters. The fact that you say that he shouldn't be using comic Silver but that he should use game Mewtwo is just hypocritical in every way.

But moving along.

Claim 4: But Silver is dumb and Mewtwo is smart!

Those who claim this one have a bit of a point. Mewtwo is smarter...

...But what does that mean in this case? First off, Silver isn't exactly dumb. He's just gullible and naive. Which really doesn't make much of a difference in this case.

As for Mewtwo, those of you who claim this treat him like he's some sort of strategist a la Batman, Link, Lelouch, Leonardo, Aizen, or the like. Mewtwo is smart because of his psychic abilities and his philosophy. As in, he's book-smart, not street-smart.

Anyway, moving on.

Claim 5: Mewtwo should have been able to outlast Super Silver!

Let's think for a minute here.

Silver went Super against Solaris, right? Time for a comparison:

Mewtwo created a life-wiping storm. Okay.

Solaris nearly destroyed an entire dimension.

Mewtwo is capable of supersonic speeds.

Solaris has dimensional speed.

Mewtwo has above-average durability.

Solaris tanked attacks from the likes of Super Sonic, Super Shadow, and Super Silver.

If Solaris couldn't outlast Super Silver, why the hell would Mewtwo be able to?

Claim 6: Barrier and Recover should have let him survive!

Really, all they would have done is stall out the match. Mewtwo's barriers have been pierced before, and it's not like he can just keep them up effortlessly. They require energy.

As for Recover, people debating this one act like it's a healing factor which will let Mewtwo regenerate from a single cell like Wolverine, Deadpool, Majin Buu, Cell, Sayaka Miki, or Shiro. Really, it's more of a Deathstroke-esque healing, where it can heal minor wounds.

So looking at it, these are the final results.

Advantages

 * Faster
 * More agile
 * Better air game
 * Super Silver = GG Mewtwo
 * Super Silver is WAY faster
 * Super Silver is invincible
 * Has a WAY stronger psychokinetic control
 * Could easily obliterate Mewtwo in the time limit
 * Has easier-to-measure feats
 * Would be considered Psychic-type by Pokemon physics, so he would resist Mewtwo's attacks
 * Could easily counter Mewtwo's superior physical game
 * Super Silver >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mega Mewtwo Y

Disadvantages

 * Not as good at close-combat (Silver can easily get around this)
 * Super Silver has a time limit (Again, easy to get around this)

Advantages

 * Better physical game
 * Possibly more durable
 * Has some moves that might annoy Silver, at least
 * Smarter, kind of
 * Mega Mewtwo Y > Base Silver

Disadvantages

 * Much slower
 * Less actual combat experience
 * Mega Mewtwo Y is horribly outclassed by Super Silver
 * Can't hurt Super Silver
 * Or hope to outlast him, for that matter
 * Seriously, Super Silver just wrecks Mewtwo completely
 * Has very few moves that Silver wouldn't resist
 * Defensive moves do little but stall out the match

Anyway, that's that for now. See you guys later!