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DAMN. That's all I have to say. XD. Anyway,

Review:

First of all, that's a lot of words. Second of all, it took me a fricking long time to process all of that. And lastly, I really need to get to my review.

It's incredibly clear which one has the more detailed past. Liz's amnesia and her other personality makes for a really interesting character to follow and enjoy as she slowly finds out who she is (someday, in the future, maybe?...). Anyway, I can see a whole storyline stemming from Liz. Messer, on the other hand, hasn't got much in the backstory area that I can see clearly. As far as I can tell, his backstory is just how he got to Beacon in the first place. Not much for development. However, his personality is a quirky one, enjoyable and comedic in nature. But that isn't to say that Liz has her own quirks. Her kleptomaniac habit cleverly stems from her history as a thief, and her personality is completely different than her thief personality. This part goes to Liz.

Battle:

Liz's weapon was also pretty hard for me to imagine (Is it like a shield made with blades?). With my interpretation of it, which I don't usually like to do, it's a bit of a heavy weapon, as Liz can swing it around with a slow speed. That's going to be bad news when she goes up against a fast, close-combat fighter.

Messer fits that description perfectly.

The good news is that Liz is able to hold up against ranged combatants, like Ruby and Pyrrha. That shield is incredibly large and, assumedly, incredibly sturdy. But that's just one thing I want to point out.

Messer has an incredible advantage with his ability to get inside of Liz's huge blades and strike and freeze her joints up. That is, any of her joints other than her arms. The arms are robotic in nature, and can break Messer's ice more easily than the rest of her joints. Still, Messer has the advantage.

The only thing I can see beating Messer is Liz's arms and her past personality. In addition, she has an amazing IQ of 189, beating out Stephen Hawking, a famous physicist, in smarts. Inevitably, though, I predict that Liz will have to go hand in hand combat with Messer in terms of athleticism (as she is incredibly athletic as well) and strength. She also has the limiters to release as the battle goes on. I would even say that she would give Messer a run for his money if there wasn't one thing in her way:

Her eyesight.

True, this might not play much into the fight. But it is a small disadvantage. She has half the eyesight abilities that Messer has, so she will be partially blind to attacks that come towards her far right. Even so, this is a very close one. Very close.

By a VERY CLOSE margin, I think Messer would win because of his ice gloves.

But I find myself at an impasse yet again, and despite Messer's win in the battle, I'm still going to give my vote to Liz for her very detailed article.