Week 9: 15. Adonis (3-5) vs. 16. dyedinthewool (1-2) \\ Adonis wins 7-2

[PancakeBrah]

Adonis - I said this in another vote on a battle of yours but your wording this season is leaps and bounds better than last season. It's all very smooth, poetic-style almost. Your rhyming is sometimes off for me (but I understand your schemes and what you're doing). The ending vignette of this piece was well done. I particularly liked the 'My;'. Strong technique all around. I didn't really get what you were going for at first. This is mostly due to me being dumb and having read the rest of the battles this week first where the verses were more literal and expressly stated. The section before the "View Earths Beauty' was top notch imagery, and the two portions thereafter were great exploration of your concept. Well done.

dyedinthewool - I liked this. I think I've only read one other verse from you in this league and if I recall correctly I prefer this one. You don't often, if ever, see writing like this on Netcees. Very open, almost bright eyed, even if the end result was a downer. I like how you interpreted the topic without having to overtly mention the it or the devil at all. I was able to read it, scroll back up to the topic, and match the sadness of the events with the pre-supposed malice of the topic. A refreshing take on text rappering.

Very cool battle, different from almost everything I've read this season. In the end I think Adonis had the better execution but both should be proud of their submissions. Looking forward to more from both.

v/ Adonis