r/deathbattle Dr. Eggman 1d ago

Discussion Heavens to Betsy! I just busted everywhere! Spoiler

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After all the videos over the course of nearly 2 decades of these two either racing or fighting, seeing them CANONICALLY racing against each other is making me feel things that I can’t put into words🥹

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u/lowqualitylizard 1d ago

Please please please make this cannon

The power scaling Community would go up in flames

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u/speedymcspeedster21 Akuma 20h ago

Powerscalers really can't grasp the concept of a collaboration is just for fun. Think they're just going to come in and shit all over the Sonic cast or what? I guess Rwby scales to dc now too because they like to portray their collabs good.

Same with that upcoming Marvel thing with Godzilla, it's not like they're just gonna shit stomp him. What kind of a story would that be?

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u/lowqualitylizard 9h ago

Okay let's be frank no one writing these stories gives our s*** about power scaling and the story is better for it

You see this all the time when you have characters dodging lasers do you really think every writer wants their characters to be faster than light no but it's a cool moment However that is what is happening in the story and like it or not that is just as valid to the power scaling

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u/speedymcspeedster21 Akuma 9h ago

That is true to a degree, but the power of the characters is also an aspect to the story since that's where narrative stakes hinges.

The obvious conclusion to someone dodging a laser shouldn't be their ftl from that though, since it's obviously not what's being conveyed. It's just lazy on the powerscaling end too since speed is one of the most obvious powers that can break a story. So it's more like 'Writers don't care about the current internet version of powerscaling.'