The Great 'Which Universe Would I Rather Inhabit' Tournament Round 2 Match 1
Round 2
I’d like to start Round 2 by re-iterating what this
tournament is about, and what the arguments within can be. It’s not about which
is my favourite series, it’s about which Universe
I would rather live in, with its laws of physics, magic etc., and the races and
lands within. Accepting that I have a mortal life span, and would have to pick
just one era to live in, I’m trying to stay away from basing it on the
individual people inhabiting that particular universe (except for Ultima, where
everyone seems to be alive most of the time the Avatar is there, so I’d be
bound to run in to him constantly on my adventures). I’ve not stuck to a
particular time frame in the previous rounds, so I’m sticking with that ethos,
although I do wonder if that would have given me more focus. Got to keep on as
I did before, however, to keep it a clean fight. Maybe at the end of each match
I’ll state my favoured time period. Should probably do that for the losers now
really then:
Red Dwarf – well, you’d think it would be three million
years into deep space as the obvious choice, wouldn’t you? Wroooooooooong. I’m
afraid I’m not going to pick a time where there’s no prospect of procreating
(Lister becoming his own father doesn’t count. And still doesn’t make sense),
so I’m going to opt for the time when Lister goes into stasis and the accident
occurs on Red Dwarf. I’ll be a member of a crew on another space ship, and I’ll
get to travel the galaxy and see mankind terraform and colonise other planets.
Life will be good, and I’ll own a garden with some decking, and therefore all
my dreams will come true.
Battlestar Galactica – sod it, I’m going to have been a
member of the Galactica’s crew, and I’m going to enjoy living a simple life on
Earth. I’m going to sneak some technology with me so I can solar power some
equipment, and make sure I can still play Skyrim.
Aliens – I’ve just seen Prometheus, obviously set in the
Alien universe, but as I hadn’t when I started this tournament, I won’t let it
influence my decision. I’d like to live at the start of humanity’s exploration
of the stars in this universe. I’d love to think I’ll manage that in real life.
Terminator – well it’s our universe, Judgement Day gets
delayed…I’ll choose to go and live in Tudor times, and become a wandering
minstrel. I’ll sing songs of the apocalypse that will happen 500 years in the
future, and people will call me a visionary/crazy. Here’s a sample:
Beware
I cry to one and all
We will
commit this sin
Be
vigilent and heed my call
Don’t
let the buggers win
Narnia – I’ll come around just after the Pevensies return
home following the first book. I’ll re-write Narnian history and become King,
with my wife and child at my side, as is my birthright as a Son of Adam. And it
shall be good.
Middle Earth – I’m thinking that I’d arrive neatly at the
end of the Third Age with the defeat of Sauron and destruction of the One Ring,
as everything seems quite happy and jolly then. Or maybe the First Age where I
could give Sauron the middle finger and just warn all the kings that he gave
rings to not to wear them, as they’d become a little more transparent with time
– ‘because we’d see through their plans?’ you say? Haha! No. As in invisible.
Being a king is all about ego, and if your subjects can’t see your face, then
where’s the glory?
Firefly – Not having as much of an in-universe history as
the rest of those on this list, except for our own history which I’ll avoid
this time, I’ll just pick the time frame that we see in the show. Maybe Captain
Reynolds would spot me in a public library and decide that’s just what the ship
needs.
Doctor Who – Well, In Doctor Who I suppose I’ve got to
choose which Doctor’s era would I rather be living in. And that is a very
tricky toss-up between David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, and Matt Smith’s Eleventh
Doctor. That’s a future article to debate over I’m sure, and I’m not going to
make a choice now, so I’ll just say sometime then. I’m aware that as they time
travel, picking any kind of time frame is a little pointless, but The Doctor
has his own linear timeline relatively speaking, so it’s still a valid
argument.
Heroes vs Buffy
Universe of
I-think-there-was-something-to-do-with-an-eclipse-so-maybe-they’re-solar-based-but-i-gave-up-before-series-4-so-maybe-it-was-explained-better-then
based powers vs Universe of powers granted by magic and demons
Ah Heroes, you made it through the first round because you
boasted powers and the promise that maybe one day I could have some of my own.
Just like you showed promise that you could be one of the best science-fiction
shows of all time. Well, you blew that, so will you blow your chance here? As
discussed before, there’s a plethora of powers available, and a not entirely
unreasonable chance that at some point in the future I could gain some of them
(they can’t keep these things under wraps for ever, surely), plus plenty of bad
guys to fight against. Really, as a fictional universe, you’re ticking most of
the boxes that a geek would love.
But then along comes the Buffyverse, with its ass kicking
heroine, its magic-wielding best friend, its variety of demons, and its Spike.
Magical powers vs *explanation unavailable but in an alternate future everyone
had them* powers. Hordes of demons vs just nasty people.
Oh Buffyverse, you should stroll this one, surely? If only
it were a best show competition. You would’ve strolled ages ago. You’d probably
be enjoying a celebratory pint by now. But it’s not so clear cut in this
tournament, as we’ve discovered several times. I’m going to disregard the ‘demons
vs just nasty people’ argument, because although I love fantasy and saving the
world as a hero, without the magic/powers then I don’t really have a way of
fighting these and I’d probably end up dead pretty quickly if I tried to talk a
demon down with sound reasoning and the offer of therapy. I suppose it comes
down to whether I would rather have my powers brought on by magic (and let’s be
clear – I WOULD be capable of wielding magic, because it’s my tournament) or by
random explanation. With magic I’d have to buy all the ingredients and chant
stuff (a lot of the time it seems), whereas in the Heroesverse, the powers are
just there, ready to be used. But, with magic I can pick and choose the spells
(skill dependant, of course). The powers in Heroes seem to be randomly
assigned.
Hmm.
Well, in the end, I’ve made a choice. And, despite the close
nature of the finish, having weighed up the odds, Buffy takes the victory.
There’s just too much chance I’d end up with a stupid power, like the ability
to turn myself into a belt, in the Heroesverse. In the Buffyverse I may have to
go out and buy the ingredients for the magic, and, you know, be good at it and
stuff, but at least I’m making the choices towards it. Plus, as long as I’ve
got the methods of fighting them, fantasy creatures are just so much cooler
than rich people with too much money.
As for a time period, for both Buffy and Heroes it would just be the contemporary time.
Winner: Buffy
Red Dwarf
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Heroes
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Buffy
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Heroes
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Buffy
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Buffy
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Battlestar Galactica
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Star Wars
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Star Wars
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Aliens
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Elder Scrolls
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Elder Scrolls
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Terminator
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Narnia
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Ultima
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Ultima
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Star Trek
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Star Trek
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Middle Earth
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Firefly
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Marvel
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Marvel
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DC
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DC
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Doctor Who
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