[Bladed Thesis]

Hush: Really dug the take on the picture and felt you played into the internet cafe vibe that goes along with the picture. That being said I felt it was a little indistinct in the take on the topic. You touched on a lot and contained a lot of imagery and wordplay that related to parts of the image but I didn't feel like it told a story about the picture much beyond the shoutouts and wordplay about the internet and being dissatisfied in life.

Ullr: Immediately loved how it flowed and connected together as a verse. Transitions were strong and wording in particular really benefited your verse as it was carefully done and word selection was on point. Imagery was on point and really pointed back to the picture you had as I could easily listen to this be read and look at the image and totally pick up what you were doing with it.


Vote: Ullr. Felt these were very different takes on each of their pictures, even with different pictures, the styles and ideas were so different. This is what makes topical battles so good so I really appreciated that. I felt in the end the picture is presented to be used and that plays an important role in the battle. In that regard, when I felt the skills and verses presented were pretty close, I thought Ullr was just closer to the inspiration of the picture he was given and really told us something about the picture moreso than Hush. I think Hush had higher highs in his verse but I think as an overall piece Ullr was a stronger one.

I do agree with Adverse that I felt it was unfair to give Ullr another picture as he could've very easily been given the same picture. In fact, I think it provides a possible question as to why he was given a different picture when he could've been given the same picture. I think it provides for an unfair estimate of the two because they aren't really even competing at that point. It's like judging two open mics against each other if there is nothing that connects the two together besides a thread on a forum. Unfair to Hush and Ullr even with my vote going to Ullr.