Good god Buddha, this was some deep shit. I take it as the crusaders of the cross, I can't remember there name, but basically the "hands of god" who road around slaughtering countless souls protecting the holey grail or searching for it, I can't remember. Any way, there is so much good packed into this verse I don't know where to begin. I love how you humanized and gave reason behind all of the killings. They weren't just doing it because they were psycho, they did it because they believed they were doing a god's will, and that line about them being his amusement was fitting and witty as well. This was more of a story then verse to me, I only have the time to give it a single read so sorry about that, but there is something to be said that I was so wrapped into what was happening that I didn't notice the flow. I exaggerate a bit because I did notice the solid rhyming, but I can not recall a single bar that I thought didn't flow because I was into the story telling itself. Although I have unorthodox religious beliefs, nobody can deny that a group of men lived and murdered who ever's path they crossed in the name of the Vatican or god him self. Great read, thank you.
MR. J, mind fuckery at it's finest. This verse was superbly penned and just a joy to read, I am literally awed at the amount of knowledge and just pure depth of thought you were able to conjure up in what I view as a confined and short verse considering it's overall impact and massive material. So these are our creators huh? I loved the flip, you thought outside of the box and executed with ease, not sure if ease is the right word because this verse read with ease but seems like it was written with close attention to detail and precision. I liked the whole life, death or eternity juxtaposition and argument. I liked how you incorporated many voices. This was very smart because it opened up your ability to take different stances, it basically gave you more ammo. A joy to read.
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Vulgar if you end up with an uneven amount of competitors may I implore you to advance who ever loses this battle? please and thank you. They are equally deserving.
This is a very, very tough vote. While I feel like you both should advance as these are my two favorite verses of the week so far (read everything except 3 verses so far) I sadly must vote.
Mr. J This vote is based purely off his twist on topic. While you both did something amazing, I just feel like him going big picture slightly edged it for me personally. What I mean is while UB wrote about real events on a earthly realm, Mr. J went more on a grand scale, Macro vs. Microcosm in a sense, and I simply enjoyed the macro a bit more.
Great Battle nay. Two great verses period. Not even verses, two solid works of literature in my mind. Thank you both for the pleasurable reads.