Zenland - word this was ill, kid. I liked this alot. as others have mentioned, the flow and rhyme were very impressive. The story appears to be about two fugitive on the run from a religious sect. Like Pancake, i also saw it as a commentary on religion, however i saw it in a slightly different way. "Master" is an understood alias of Jesus. I'm certain i'm off but i walked away from the piece with the notion that perhaps the residual belief and laws of Christianity (as we know it) isn't as intended by the founder: Jesus Christ. The parallel between the "Master" and Christ (aside from the name) was that Christ was also an enemy of the dominant religion of the time. One can easily interchange the crescent symbol of the church for the Pharisee who went after Jesus. Despite slight variation in story, the central idea i got from it is "The truth shall set you free". I'm 100 percent i'm off here but it was fun creating my own interpretation. very nice, son.
King Ra - So after reading Zen, i had a strange uncanny feeling when i got done with yours. I feel there are quite a bit of similarity here. They both share the theme of "truth" or ultimate truth. I'm somewhat familiar with Egyptian mythology and i thought it was interesting how you linked it to Christianity. Sun/Son cross. Fiery Lion (dope imagery btw)/Lion of Judah to represent Christ, i think. This definitely had a touch of paganism about - dismissing the scripture as nothing but a story and that the real miracle, salvation and power comes from what is already seen; something we have perhaps lost touch with:
It's a universal concept that was once known but is now literally taught. S'why the whole world is in zombie phase because the inner-G's lost.
Vote - this is a very very tough one to vote. no lie. Both were rooted behind very VERY interesting ideas. The stories were both engaging to me. So with that said, there's really no other way to judge besides the technical aspect. And going by that criteria, i have to give it to Zenland. But word, great battle for sure. King Ra's on my top 5 writer of this site so this vote definitely was surprising to me as well lol. Good shit, yall.
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