Obligatory disclaimer: real life sucks. Yesterday, Doug Ford
insisted that the Canadian province of Ontario remains in the lockdown for
another month – that is until the end of May or so. Ouch! The road to Hell is
paved with best intentions and all – but at least this time I have seen a flock
of grackles, which are some of North America’s bigger songbirds. What next?
I have returned to watching DW, in no small part because I do
not want to go back to AFO instead – really, the only episode that we had not
discussed in AFO is the ‘lion vs. tiger’ one, and I am not going to talk about
it, it is so flawed on so many levels!.. So, let us talk – speaking of flaws –
of the DW episode ‘Spartan vs. Ninja’, and-?
And here is the bottom line – Ninja had lost fairly, but
with a caveat. This caveat is called mid-range weapons – Spartan had a spear;
Ninja – a bunch of eggs, filled with pepper powder, or poison, or some similar
crap. The result is that team Spartan received a major boost in points during
that comparison, and team Ninja was never able to catch-up to their rivals.
As for the rest of the weapons… Ninja’s ninjato sword was
actually superior to Spartan’s xiphos. Spartan’s javelin was slightly better
than Ninja’s shurikens and blowgun, but not by much. In addition, yes, Spartan’s
shield was better than Ninja’s kusarigama…but not by much, again. It was
Spartan’s spear, not shield, that carried him to victory, period, but only
because the DW team had set Ninja up, in a manner of speaking. Ah well, that
was the expenses of growth, of inexperience, and in the next seasons the DW
team was able to avoid such mistakes. Good for them, just…not good enough to
save them after three seasons of various success. Ah well, that is life, live
with it. It sucks, but live with it, would you?
…And yes, Spartan did come back for a ‘Back for Blood’
special, set between the DW S1 and S2, where he faced-off against Samurai. This
time, he did win because of his shield, making me wonder as to how a Viking vs.
Ninja face-off would have gone down? Considering that the black eggs still would
have been used by Ninja, the latter would have lost altogether, but, still, it would
have been exciting to watch.
…There was no ‘Back for Blood’ special between DW S2 and S3,
and that indicated that something had shifted behind the scenes of the show,
and not for the better. Ah well, let us not go around beating a dead horse more
than we need to…
Anything else? …Actually, yes – here’s a brief drabble of
original fiction about a lion, because the King of the Beasts deserves better
than what AFO gave it – a dubious win over a tiger in one episode, and a clear
loss to the Nile crocodile in another. Ah well, we are not going to discuss the former, and we have already discussed the
latter, so here is the drabble in question instead:
Beware, ye wild horses the zebras! Beware, ye speedy
antelopes! Even ye beware, great-horned buffalos!
The lions are abroad!
Thunder seemingly thundered, rolling through the Savannahs
and scrublands. The lions Roared, the lions snarled. Everyone else hid.
Aside from the elephant, the rhino and the polar bear, the
lion is the king of the beasts. Their teeth are strong, their claws are sharp,
and the mane is thick.
Who will be eaten tonight, you know?
End
...Well, this is it for now; see you all soon! (Hopefully,
the lockdown will end by the month of May or sometime around it, but I am not
making any positive bets). Cheers!
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