[williamssl]

[glow=red,2,300]THIS POLL IS NOT YET OPEN - IT WILL OPEN THE AFTERNOON OF WED, DEC 27. USE THIS THREAD NOW TO CONVINCE YOUR FELLOW PUNSTERS WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. [/glow]


Our next Round 2 challenge features what could be a nailbiter matchup. Marvel's #2 Magneto faces off against Marvel's #3 Venom. This one's gonna be open a bit longer because of New Year's and my schedule over that extended weekend.

Their wiki's:

Magneto

Venom


A few things:

• You're voting for who you think is the greatest supervillain, or the greater of the two. It's not about who could beat the other up.
  
• You can only vote once.
  
• The poll will open Wed, Dec 27 and close at 3 pm Eastern on Tue, Jan 2, so have your vote in by then for it to count.
  

[salmonjunkie]

VOTE MAGNETO!

[OpTard]

AGREED!

[Chris Eco]

I'M REALLY CONFLICTED!!

I don't know, this is a hard one for me to decide. I'm leaning Magneto, but does anyone want to make a quick case?

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Because Sir Ian McKellen kicks 1,000 different kinds of ass. He fucking crushed a car without touching to god damn thing. Fuck man, that is cool shit!!!

[salmonjunkie]

He did this:


And don't forget. He fucked Rogue.

[Lucky]

Magneto's quick case (many of the points already made by sal.

- He has insane powers.
- He is a nazi internment camp survivor.
- He locked up nazi war criminal Red Skull alive in a tomb.
- He ripped the metal out of Wolverine.
- He outed Gambit's crimes to the X-Men.
- He raised an asteroid into Earth's orbit which he lived on and kept afloat all on the power of his own will.
- He ran a country of mutants after the humans fucked it up 8 ways from Sunday.
- He was worshipped as a religious leader.
- He was celebrated as a political icon, ala Che Guevara
- He gave life to the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Polaris. And Zalladane but who cares?
- He killed Quicksilver because he's a twit.
- He fucked Rogue.

Venom looks cool.

[williamssl]

...and he's fucking Magneto. Magneto! It shouldn't even come to any sort of "convince me" stuff. Gator will vote Venom just because.

And everyone else will/should vote Magneto because he's Magneto. OK and for the reasons pointed out above.

Regardless, everyone pony up after you've voted and say who you voted for. Do it. I still wanna know who that one person was who voted for Riddler last round....

EDIT: I'm gonna open this poll on Friday, having extended the current batch a couple days since many people appear to be away.

[Loki]

Thanks to Tex, I'm going to vote for Venom. Because he fucks Magneto* whenever he wants. Anyone villain that can violate Magneto and walk away to tell about it gets my vote!





*Read what you posted immediately after Lucky's "Venom looks cool" comments. Moron.

[Deleted]

Actually, I'm probably going to vote for Magneto, myself.

I like Venom more from a personal standpoint because I'm a Spidey guy, but c'mon, this is fucking MAGNETO! And I was hoping somebody would post that page where he rips the adamantium out of Wolverine. Can't get much more bad-ass that that.

AND he fucked Rogue.

[Loki]

Yeah, but according to Tex, Venom fucked Magneto as Magneto was fucking Rogue. Can't beat that!

[Deleted]

Because I was always a fan of the "What If?" books, I'll posit this one for you all:

What if the Venom symbiote bonded with Magneto?

[Loki]

YOU EDITED OUT YOUR COMMENTS! I hereby award you the "Parvini Award"! ;D

Come on, it was cooler the way it was before! The image of Venom going all Mr.Hyde-on-the-Invisible-Man (LXG II, for those who are wondering) was funny. Disturbing, but funny.

[williamssl]

Dude - what are you talking about? You have clearly lost it. Too much eggnog over the holidays? Still drinking it? Or is this all deep deep mourning over the loss of Gerald Ford?

[Loki]

Oooh. Eggnog. Thanks for reminding me. We've got cinnamon and pumpkin flavored eggnog at the local store, but I haven't tried them yet. Are they worth it, or should I stick to the original?

Back to Venom vs Magneto: Ten years ago this contest would have been closer, if not a win for Venom. But now? Venom has been wussified. Magneto was wussified before (as leader of the X-Men - remember the costume with the big pink "M" on the front?) but he overcame it. Venom's character is still being (hopefully?) remade.

[williamssl]

re: Eggnog - put rum in it and any flavor is fine. Lots of rum.

re: Venom/Magneto. Venom burst onto the scene when I was reading books and I remember him as a badass then. But then I read his wiki after Lucky (I think) made the comment about "he's Scorpion now" and it just isn't all that impressive. So I think I'm agreeing with what you're saying....Venom just hasn't been all that great as of late.

[williamssl]

1) This poll is now open for voting
2) Voting will run through Wed, Jan 3
3) For that one person who may be reading this thread and not get the joke, no, Venom did NOT fuck Magneto

[Batman]

Magneto.

[The Canadian Content]

When did Venom fuck Magneto?




;D

[williamssl]

Is this a collective request to our artist/retard in residence to sketch something up?

[Batman]

Ew.

[atothej]

Magneto, although I think I debated a bit more than the rest.

[williamssl]

By vote of 74% to 26%, Magneto wins and advances to the semifinals and a showdown with the Joker. Should be a good one!