Talk:Rick Grimes vs Walter White/@comment-24396083-20140314222424/@comment-5264252-20140315010432

Nixon, you're trying to get too complicated with your 'connections'. You said it yourself, "You don't want them to be too similar or it would be boring", and I agree, but if they don't have a REAL base connection, then the battle will make no sense. Those are similarities that they have between them, not a basis connection. If anything, you're giving reasons why Rick Grimes and Walter White would be friends as they share similar problems.

I want you to go here http://epicrapbattlesofhistory.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Rap_Battles and read the basic reasonings behind each battle. None of them try to make it as complicated as you are trying to make White vs Grimes. John Lennon vs Bill O'Reilly is "left wing vs right wing", Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs Kim Jong-il is "who is stronger and more powerful in physical strength vs military strength", Mr. T vs Mr. Rogers is "battle of the misters", Mario Bros. vs Wright Bros. is "battle of the flying brothers", Doc Brown vs Doctor Who is "battle of the time traveling doctors", Martin Luther King Jr. vs Gandhi is "battle of the independence-leading pacifists", Rasputin vs Stalin is a "royale of Russians with control", Joan of Arc vs Miley Cyrus is "saint vs sinner girls that used 'disguises' to get famous", and Bob Ross vs Pablo Picasso is simply "battle of the artists". There is nothing as detailedly complicated about any of their pasts that are trying to be used as connections. Yes, some of them may have similarities between them in their history, but none of that is the central focus of their battles. In fact, Michael Jackson vs Elvis Presley is "battle of the kings of music", and it's only a big coincidence that Michael Jackson had at one point married Elvis Presley's daughter. That's not part of their connection at all, it's just a coincidence.

You're thinking too hard about it. Know that there are major, MAJOR parts of a person's character that should be used as a connection. Walter White's main focus in connections should be that he makes meth/drugs, that he's a chemist, and that he went from happy to serious/good to bad. THOSE are the main focuses of his character and those are what should be the main focuses of his character. If anything, I think the strongest connection between Grimes and White at ALL is that they do what they do to help their families, and even then I don't think that's a strong enough connection for a battle.

And "both being AMC hits" is a major reason I hate this battle. In that case, we should also have battles like Homer Simpson vs Peter Griffin (FOX), Mario vs Link (Nintendo), Doctor Who vs Sherlock (BBC), Han Solo vs Indiana Jones (Lucasfilms), Goku vs Naruto (Shonen Jump), Superman vs Batman (DC)...the list goes on.