Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27070091-20161031185655/@comment-26561766-20161102100237

Okay, so I will re-put here what I said in the original blog.

" Frankly, I really didn't mind if a battle doesn't end in death in this wiki. I know the title of the series is literally DEATH Battle, but there's some battles which are so well-written that if this criteria isn't here, I honestly don't care about it and just enjoy the battle. It all depends on how the writer wants to actually write his battle, and how he wants it to go. We are on a fanon wiki, so we can allow us some liberties in the writing.

As a writer, I take formal constraints as a driving force of creativity, but not all writers (fortunately) work the same, so honestly I mind less a battle that doesn't end in death, than a battle with multiple spelling and syntactical mistakes (and that's coming from a guy with French as a native language, who still learns English and admits he still makes some mistakes haha)."

 Now, with what has been said in this thread, I still stand in my opinion. First, it's a problem for immortal characters. Second, Death Battle already break this rule twice (first time with Chuck VS Segata, and second time with Starscream VS Rainbow Dash, where Starscream was incapacitated, not killed). Also, if you are disappointed because a DB didn't end in death, nothing actually prevent you to write your own version. There's always a way to find a solution, and banning death-less battles isn't the good one in my opinion, it will just be a massive strong door against creativity for some people. Also, keep in mind, this show constantly develops itself and progresses. Death Battle isn't just a researched show where two characters fight, the better win, and the other dies. Just listening to the analysis and you will clearly see the evolution of the show, notably on quality but also on the way they analyse the characters. Also, I would like to put an official Death Battle that clearly destroy, not the rules, but the structure of the script from the show and it's Goku VS Superman 2. Did you recall how the analysis were made ? Not at all like "classic DBs". Sure, it is a special Death Battle, but it's also one of the most famous now, and having this huge difference on the structure of the show didn't make this episode not being a Death Battle. This example is just to see that breaking a rule can be sometimes really beneficial. And we aren't even the official show, we're just on a fanon, so yeah banning deathless battles is giving this rule too much importance for what it is in reality in my opinion.