Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-17970636-20140514030340/@comment-26388029-20140514051650

Hmm. This might be a close one.

Review:

This is a tossup in itself. On one hand, you've got a four-armed Faunus with racist experiences and tough challenges, which makes for a very developed character. But his solemn and often serious nature might not make him a fun character to RP or interact with. On the other hand, you've got a really well-designed quirky character in terms of personality, but in her backstory, she seems to have less development than her opponent does. It all comes down to preference in this case, which I can't argue with. But in my opinion, development can be worked on in the future. However, Leaf has specifically said that nothing will be considered other than the OC page itself. In this case, I prefer development over quirkiness, so Ezekial gets a point here.

Fight:

I must comment that Diaeresis is akin to Mifune and Cloud in terms of fighting styles. Unfortunately, she can only use Mifune's style as an advantage when she's fighting Grimm (which is leaving multiple swords on the battlefield for easier and more expendable use). Ezekial, obviously, is not a Grimm. Rather, he has incredible adaptability, mentioned in his personality section:

"Ezekial doesn't like to associate with people, instead preferring to pore over his scroll, reviewing past fights, and noting how he could have improved his combat. When he isn't looking at his scroll, he's usually in the gym, working on his strength."

This indicates he has plenty of combat experience. In fact, one could say that he has dedicated his life to combat scenarios. Even so, his choice of weapons are not ideal for this particular combat situation.

Dia's semblance will make it harder for Ezekial to defend himself and hit Dia at the same time, the hammers only weighing him down, I would assume. However, Ezekial has two things on his side:

He's a tank. And he has plenty of combat experience.

Both sides will get hit a lot, though. Basically, it comes down to a battle between a tank with a lot of combat experience versus a fast, light character.

It's a narrow one, but I'm gonna have to say... Dia wins the fight.

And here I have my first complication... Ezekial has the upper hand on development, but Dia has the advantage in the fight...

The decisive tiebreaker I'm going to employ is the article that has the more detailed sections, because I can see the effort put into the character. In this case, Dia has more specifics than Ezekial.

Thus, my vote goes to Diaeresis.