So first things first, of course I think
@Pantheos will make a superb mod and I do not in any way fear that he will go overboard with his newfound godliness lol. This chapter was merely a fun way to poke fun (and in an interesting sort of way, congratulate him) on his recent promotion lol. But I thought the idea of a power-mad Pantheos was funny, and it fit well into the context of the story of S/A lol.
So, why am I doing a commentary on this fight in particular? Well, the reason is quite simple.
Usually, when I'm planning to write these chapters, my priority is only to come up with the most ridiculous jokes possible. That's really it lol. "How hard can I make people laugh?" is pretty much my only criteria for the things that I do here.
That said, Pantheos Vs Teach actually ended up being a pretty beautiful fight narratively speaking. Like, the dynamic between each character ended up coming out so well that I wanted to throw in a deeper little explanation here for the aspects of the story that can't quite fit on panel (since I'm copying these freaking images and photoshopping them lmfao). The interesting thing about this, is like I said, I only planned for this fight to have some funny jokes in it, and the dichotomy between the characters took on a life of it's own without me even realizing it at first lmfao.
So anyway,
Pantheos Vs
Teach. The dynamic between these two characters is that they are almost identical conceptually, but with some glaring opposites that makes their fight, for me at least, the best fight in the series so far. What do I mean by that?
Well, Pantheos and Teach are both similar in that they are both God-like beings with some form of God-like power. In fact, they are the only two beings introduced in the Meme-ga so far that can say this about themselves. In this sense, they are unique in their supreme power.
However, Pantheos and Teach have three major differences that make the dichotomy between them interesting.
The first difference is in their possession and utilization of their God-like Power.
Pantheos is someone who has just been given his God-like power and really still
seemingly doesn't even know how to use it. Not only was he given armor by Bogard in Part 2 that was designed to help him restrain his power (since he was still too new with it to fully understand it), but he also actually uses too much of his power and ends up exhausting himself because of how
new he is to the power.
Perhaps it's appropriate then that
@Edward Teach was the one to shatter the armor meant to restrain his power, because unlike Pan,
Teach is someone who has seemingly had his power for a
long, long time as he has been revered by the Fandom as a "Meme-God" since back in the days of OJ. Unlike Pantheos, not only is Teach fully
accustomed to the god-like power he possesses, but he
fully understands the limitations(???) that he may or may not possess.
The second difference, is how each of them sees fit to use their power.
Pantheos, as someone still
drunk on the power he has just received, is only using the powers given to him for the
lulz. He even states that he may outright betray
@TheAncientCenturion in Part 2, for no other reason than
he just might feel like it.
Teach on the other hand, views using his god-like power as a
responsibility to ensure the continued existence of the Meme. He even says that he actually
wanted to join TAC, but can't join him because he believes that if TAC were to complete his plan, then the most meme-able fandoms will have been destroyed, and without memes, the fandom would eventually collapse in on itself and die.
Pan uses his power out of
amusement,
Teach uses his power out of
responsibility.
The third and final difference is how each of them views their relationship to
@TheAncientCenturion .
Pan states that he and TAC are
opposites, and that he only really joined TAC because he believed it would be
entertaining.
Teach on the other hand, stated that he thinks TAC is
awesome, and
wants to join him, but that his
obligations to the Meme prevent him from doing so.
This dichotomy popping up (essentially on accident) actually entertained me so much that I felt like this little commentary would be fun to include lol. This isn't the first time a dichotomy like this has popped up in the series (cough cough Lee Vs Ndule), but unlike in L Vs N, this dichotomy was completely on accident, and I think it's more well done than the first haha.
I love fights with characters essentially designed to be opposites of each other, and I love seeing how their opposite ways/views/ideologies/whatever collide. Fights like these are my favorite to read, and as you can see, I'm quite pleased that this popped up in my own Meme-ga (and on accident to boot! lol)
So yeah! If you guys enjoyed this, let me know and I'll consider taking a deeper look at some of the other fights in the series too haha.