This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is a Halloween freebie.
So…
…I decided to make my favorite spOoOoOoOoky fictional characters fight in a tournament.
(SPOILERS for The Lunar Chronicles, The Girl With All the Gifts, The Witch (2015), and The Scorpio Races.)
Contestants
Witch
Mila (Undead Girl Gang)
Tough. Punk. Magically-inclined.
Vampire
Carmilla (Carmilla)
Seductive. Powerful. Dangerous.
Werewolf
Ze’ev “Wolf” Kesley (The Lunar Chronicles)
Tall. Dark. Susceptible to mind control.
Ghost
Helen (My Plain Jane)
Snarky. Superstitious. Dead.
Zombie
Melanie (The Girl With All the Gifts)
Quick. Resourceful. Devoted.
Deity
Death (The Sandman)
Ancient. Sunny. Goth.
Demon
Brimstone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy)
Gruff. Secretive. Eloquent under pressure.
Angel
Fang (Maximum Ride)
Angsty. Aloof. Inconsistent.
Shapeshifter
Black Phillip (The Witch)
Bovidae. Gossipy. Satanic.
Kelpie
Skata (The Scorpio Races)
Eye-catching. Murderous. Determined.
Last character standing wins the crown.
ROUND ONE: Black Phillip vs. Carmilla
Ooh. This is a tough match.
I’m going to give it to Black Phillip for killing an entire family and BEING SATAN.
I hope he doesn’t win the whole thing.
That would be a bummer.
WINNER: Black Phillip
ROUND TWO: Melanie vs. Helen
This is difficult because HELEN IS A GHOST.
ONE CANNOT HARM A GHOST.
Then again, Melanie figured out a way to infect the entire world with zombie spores.
She could make quick work of a ghost.
WINNER: Melanie
ROUND THREE: Black Phillip vs. Brimstone
I CAN’T JUST KEEP GIVING ROUNDS TO SATAN.
That being said…Black Phillip dispatched a bunch of humans while in goat form.
What’s one chimera to an all-powerful goat?
WILL NO ONE STOP THIS DARK GOAT FROM SUCCEEDING?
WINNER: Black Phillip
ROUND FOUR: Fang vs. Ze’ev “Wolf” Kesley
Are you KIDDING?
Wolf is a supersoldier.
Fang is an angsty teenager with wings.
No contest.
WINNER: Ze’ev “Wolf” Kesley
ROUND FIVE: Mila vs. Melanie
Oh.
I believe in Mila…
…but Melanie is just so fast! And her teeth are so sharp!
Sorry, Mila.
WINNER: Melanie
ROUND SIX: Skata vs. Death
WHY DID I CHOOSE THESE CHARACTERS?
Skata might be a murder horse, but DEATH IS THE GRIM REAPER.
SHE’S ALSO A PERKY GOTH, SO YOU KNOW SHE’S NOT AFRAID OF HORSES.
WINNER: Death
ROUND SEVEN: Black Phillip vs. Ze’ev “Wolf” Kesley
…..
I don’t think Wolf can defeat Satan.
It’s…just not possible.
WINNER: Black Phillip
ROUND EIGHT: Melanie vs. Death
Come ON.
Goddess of Death versus a zombie?
I’ll pick the woman who has CONTROL OVER LIFE ITSELF.
WINNER: Death
ROUND NINE: Black Phillip vs. Death
Huh.
Hm.
Well.
Power of hell…or the power of…death, I guess?
Should this end in a stalemate?
CAN it end in a stalemate?
Again, WHAT WAS I DOING picking SATAN as one of my characters!?
I say…this round…goes to…..
…DEATH.
Per Wikipedia, Death possesses super strength.
Black Phillip can GORE people and get them to sell their souls, but he relies on witches to get the job done.
Without witches, he’s nothing.
SEE YA.
THE LADIES WIN THIS ROUND.
WINNER: Death
I think we all grew from that experience.
Happy Top Ten Tuesday! And happy (almost) Halloween!
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